I've Always Been a Teacher
Before I was a jewelry maker, I was a chef, a dance teacher, a summer camp arts director, a substitute teacher. In every single one of those lives, I was teaching. Having workshops as part of Anam Cara Clay Goods was never a question. It was just the next chapter of something I've always done — and something I love more than I can easily explain.
Why I Give to the Endometriosis Foundation of America
When I started building Anam Cara Clay Goods, I knew I wanted the business to give back to something meaningful. I just didn't know what yet — until I found the Endometriosis Foundation of America and it hit me like a ton of bricks. This is the story of that moment, and why giving back has been part of the DNA of this business from the very beginning.
What Goes Into a Statement Society Design
Every month a new pair lands in a Statement Society subscriber's mailbox. What most people don't see is what happens before the pair exists — the leftover clay, the color combination that arrives almost by accident, the technique pulled out because the moment calls for it. This is what that process looked like for February, and how a pile of winter collection scraps became something worth wearing everywhere.