Random shots of my first studio when I was 23 years old…sadly I don’t have any photos of the actual work area (since the voyeur in me finds work spaces really cool).
These are mostly shots of the living room where the kiln was. The “bedroom” was the converted work area- covered in clay scraps, glaze tiles, potters wheels and a metal extruder bolted to the wall. I slept about 6 feet away from the electrical kiln on the couch. Fan blowing constantly. Could get a little hot in the house sometimes.
The white containers were glazes and that’s a glaze formula on the wall. When I first stared working with clay, I painted everything. I then took all the money I was saving to go to Vietnam and bought the kiln. Glazing was next. Soon I was going through so much glaze, I started making my own- the photo of the colored jars were raw materials, pigments, frits etc. The pitcher is on a banding wheel on one of the work tables in the back room if that gives any context.
All of the detail shots were taken by Marco Micheletti, a visionary fashion photographer the world lost too early. These photos are dedicated to his wife, Mary.
