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With a background in graphic design and a passion for interior design, Esme uses clay as a part of her creative vocabulary.
Looped in by Allison Asis
I’m Esme Lei, the founder and potter of Common Goods Pottery. I’ve been working as a full-time potter since 2018. But I’d like to consider myself a creative generalist. Besides being a potter, I’m also a permanent makeup artist, an aspiring piercer and interior design geek.
The willingness to observe and feel the world around them. And the ability to articulate their emotions in their own creative language, be it through paint, sound, movement, clay, words, etc.
The curb on garbage days.
Getting to create unscripted pieces that highlight the characteristics of the clay bodies. In recent years, I’ve been developing my own pottery tools out of frustration.
It’s never too late to start learning something new.
A surfer.
Turn an intangible feeling or idea into something physical and tangible.
That I’m not just my curated self they see on social media. I have stress, I feel sad, and sometimes I try very hard and still fail. And that’s okay.
A free accessible therapy program.
Léa Behr and Nicolas Hoang is a Quebec based ceramic duo. Their practice explores both the sculptural and functional aspects of everyday objects with an aesthetic coming from a desire to make objects elegant and tactile.
Léa Behr and Nicolas Hoang is a Quebec based ceramic duo. Their practice explores both the sculptural and functional aspects of everyday objects with an aesthetic coming from a desire to make objects elegant and tactile.
Samuel is a Toronto-based woodworker/craftsman. Sam designs and fabricates heirloom furnitures and home goods. He repurposes scraps and offcuts that would often be overlooked. Inspired by the Japanese craft of boro patchwork, these rescued materials are turned into geometric inlays that gives his furniture pieces a “patchwork” look.
Samuel is a Toronto-based woodworker/craftsman. Sam designs and fabricates heirloom furnitures and home goods. He repurposes scraps and offcuts that would often be overlooked. Inspired by the Japanese craft of boro patchwork, these rescued materials are turned into geometric inlays that gives his furniture pieces a “patchwork” look.
JJ is a Toronto Based painter. He creates intricate and bright abstract paintings that are made through hand-cutting hundreds of stencils and laying down texturized paint. Looking at one of his abstract pieces is like taking an acid trip. Besides the abstract work, he also creates pop art paintings that evoke nostalgia and highlight the absurdity of how much our value and childhood memories are impacted by consumerism.
JJ is a Toronto Based painter. He creates intricate and bright abstract paintings that are made through hand-cutting hundreds of stencils and laying down texturized paint. Looking at one of his abstract pieces is like taking an acid trip. Besides the abstract work, he also creates pop art paintings that evoke nostalgia and highlight the absurdity of how much our value and childhood memories are impacted by consumerism.
Kim is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary creative. I was first drawn to her by her whimsical and bright floral arrangements. In a world of neutral and pastel aesthetic, her bright neon arrangements look like they’re straight out of an alternative universe.
Kim is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary creative. I was first drawn to her by her whimsical and bright floral arrangements. In a world of neutral and pastel aesthetic, her bright neon arrangements look like they’re straight out of an alternative universe.