Hi I’m Connor!

I first met clay as a mug at the farmers market in the small rural town I grew up in. I was 11 and knew nothing about the process but was enamored with the outcome. 

Fast forward 10 years and I walked into my first pottery class post college graduation. If you’ve ever been 21 and newly thrusted into the adult working world, I’m sure we could exchange difficult coming of age stories over coffee. Needless to say that studio became my sanctuary. A place where I would attempt to wrestle a mound of clay into submission and only half, ok less than half the time emerging victorious.

I did a lot of growing and a lot of healing in that studio. 

As my skill grew so did my curiosity for every facet and creative tangent you could take with clay, and I’m hell bent on testing them all. 

For now though you’ll find me making in my cozy garage studio in Richmond, VA alongside my husband Randy, (yes sharing a clay studio with a woodworking is quite a challenge! haha) I’ve found a place between forms and glaze hues, with an occasional creative sprint with a fellow artist that feels authentic. 

Thanks for being here, and if you snag a piece thanks for loving it long after it’s left my care.

Hello, I’m Randy!

Woodworking started for me at 14 years old in the form of an assistant to my dad while he built custom up-scale residential kitchen and baths in the Northern Virginia and DC area. By the time I left home for college (really to get away from the craziness that people call home in the DC area), I recognized that I had a craving to use my hands for building on my own accord. 

Although my sophomore year was full of engineering classes, a large portion of my free time went to building furniture for my college apartment. The way I saw it, if my roommates and I were willing to spend $30 on a Walmart coffee table that wouldn’t last a year, then why not just spend $30 and build your own custom design.. that would also support the weight of two of your friends? Well, 1 jig saw, 1 electric orbital sander and 1 impact drill later, I would begin crafting everything I could get my hands on. 

By the time I left Virginia Tech in 2016, I was ready to keep working and building. Friends reached out for requests, meanwhile family found a way to persuade me to build things for them too. Now present day looks a lot different than my humble beginnings. No longer am I working on the back lawn, but now in a 10 x 20’ shop with mobile workbenches, planers, router tables and sleds, and dust collection system galore. 

Thanks for being a part of my growth in this hobby and if you purchase a piece, I am certain you will love on it more than I ever could. 

Cheers