Hi, I’m Allison
When I’m not chasing dogs, or children, you can find me making pottery in my make-shift garage studio in Venice, CA. Sometimes I’m writing, sometimes I’m making stuff, but I’m always singing along to musicians I know so well, they feel like friends.
All of the things that come out of my studio are a product of my personal growth and self-discovery, becoming - and remaining honest with myself about what I want out of this lifetime, and then manually aligning the stars myself to make it happen.
I didn’t start my professional life making pots, but I have felt the urge to be a visual artist since childhood. I’ve actually surprised myself with my love for writing within the last 10 years. I went to college for film and was TERRIFIED of the screenwriting class. There are many reasons why I didn’t pursue my passions, or even take them seriously but they all boil down to one simple fact: I didn’t believe I was worthy of being called an “artist”.
I make pottery because it grounds me.
Throwing on the wheel feels natural and necessary to my neuro-divergant mind and fills me with purpose and creative satisfaction. Look at me finishing what I started (most of the time)! I love working with my hands and I really love connecting with other people. The pottery-making process has multiple stages, so before anything ends up in your hands, it spends hours in mine. My work is filled with all of the energies of all the parts of me, especially the part of me who is learning to truly love and believe in herself and my hope is that that energy can be felt when you hold one of my pieces, or see it lingering on a shelf.
