Cloud Commons is an ongoing study of form, ancestry, and the intentional weight of presence. Based in Kingston, New York, the studio is a collaborative landscape where intuition meets technical discipline.
The Maker
My days are spent in a persistent dialogue with the material, a disciplined study of form and presence. Whether I am throwing a refined vessel at the wheel or hand-building the delicate profile of an adornment, I allow the clay to dictate its own pace. This is a commitment to the technical and the tactile, ensuring every piece carries the distinct record of the hand.
What began as a focus on tools for the ritual of smoke has evolved into a broader exploration of the interior landscape. My work seeks to provide a physical anchor for the internal, creating objects that invite us to look inward and bring a deliberate love into our daily practices. These are forms meant to be handled, lived with, and kept for a lifetime.
The partnership
While the work is born in the clay, Cloud Commons is a shared vision. Together with my partner in life, Tom Martinez, we have built a space centered on patience and attention. From our studio in the Hudson Valley to the community we’ve gathered along the way, we navigate the evolution of this practice as a team, ensuring that everything leaving our doors carries the record of its making.
The intention
An object is never just an object. It is a frequency.
These are things the earth already knew, refined for a daily practice. They exist at the intersection of the ancient and the modern, created to anchor the senses and pulse with the energy of a sanctuary. To hold one is to hold a piece of the earth’s own history, reworked by the hand to facilitate a state of being.