Meet the team
Serving and nurturing a clay community is a team effort. We could not do this without the numerous dedicated, talented members of our community who collectively get things done. Knowing this, we celebrate and say thank you to everyone who does their part to make Clay Space work. Your ability to juggle multiple responsibilities, handle delicate, breakable work, move hundreds of ceramic pieces through each process, answer a million questions daily, and do so with a positive and friendly attitude is outstanding. We love you and want to show you off a little!
Are you interested in working with us? Apply for Studio Tech or Instructor roles!
Staff
Janine Sopp
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Monty Mattison
Studio Tech/Maintenance
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Maker/scientist/dreamer
What it is about clay that excites you?
I can produce ideas into reality
Michael Gundlach
Studio Manager
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Mike has been working in clay since 2016. His work ranges between wheel and hand building, small to large, covering a range of items from functional to decorative. He loves chatting about glaze and firing schedules as well as music and cooking and whatever comes to mind. In a few former lives, he was a chef, musician, and performer in a weird puppet/theater group.
What it is about clay that excites you?
Clay has a life of its own, making it a good dancing partner
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Michael Gundlach
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Barbara Stone
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I'm a lifelong clay lover! Seriously, I've been at it off and on since high school (unless you count Play-Doh and Silly Putty before that). I've been teaching for about 13 yrs and it has made me a better potter. I didn't know what I didn't know until I needed to teach it.
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What it is about clay that excites you?
The challenge, since there's no end to a clay journey!
Instructors
Jacob Reinstein
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Growing up in Queens the way I’ve always processed the stimuli around me has been through art. What I enjoy most about sculpture is the ability to apply every discipline I’ve used before discovering clay into one practice. Pulling works from my sketchbook into the 3D world feels more like breathing life into the inanimate than leaving something constrained to a page ever has. Being able to guide others to that revelatory experience has given me a sense of purpose and meaning that has improved every aspect of my life considerably.
What it is about clay that excites you?
I love the spontaneity, and collaborative element of allowing the clay to reveal what it wants to be just as often as I attempt to make It into whatever I want it to be.
Jessica Thompson-Lee
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My sculptural, functional, and wearable ceramic artworks are blended compositions of biomorphic inspirations and playful, colorful, abstract designs.
What it is about clay that excites you?
Clay, a material that allows for endless experimentation, has the ability to bring imagination to life.
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