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  RSR: When did you start your own studio and how was it like then? NH: I began making pots in my mid twenties. My first studio was in Colorado, with a mentor and good friend, John Spiteri. I made functional stoneware and traveled throughout the Colorado mountains selling at craft fairs. A real 60's lifestyle.NH: 25 years ago, I opened my current studio, Milkhouse Studio after returning from a 4-year stay in Tokyo, Japan, where I taught 3D art and ceramics at Seisen International...

After a long while not writing, I am thrilled to share the first batch of Shoka containers from RSR's first artist commission. Very much like the spring-coming this year on the East Coast, it has been slow but we are very glad that we took the time to carefully conceive what we want. The containers in this first batch are designed with extra attention to the dimensions of Shoka containers. We altered the standard dimensions of these silhouettes of Shoka containers slightly so that...