Open Studios
Sunday 15 December 2019
12pm-6pm
4 Tilia Road, E5 8JB
I am thrilled to invite you to my open studios on Sunday 15 December, at the beautiful new SkandiHus studio right next to Hackney Downs.
As a natural introvert, open studios are typically not my favourite event in the year, but I love meeting my lovely customers and clients in person and getting immediate feedback on new work. Opening up this little clay sanctuary to the world requires so much more planning and preparation than most people realise; beyond the weeks spent making new pieces and building up stock, there is all of the staff planning, marketing, meetings with collaborators (this year I am lucky enough to have lush sustainable brands Wabi skincare and Mama Moon candles joining me for the event), and making sure that the space and my work looks its very best for the day.
It can also be scary, and every year, no matter how amazing the year has been for the studio, how much press or attention my work has received, or how successful SkandiHus appears from the outside, I always have that flash of panic that no one will turn up. Of course, soon the studio is filled with friends, supporters and new faces, and I breathe a big sigh of relief and relax into the swing of things. At the end of it all, there is no feeling more satisfying or gratifying than seeing all of my work find a new home, and that moment of calm and silence at the end of the busy day, where I stop and take a moment to appreciate how lucky I am in this life, the studio buzzing with the warm energy that it’s guests have left behind.
Stine x