A focused evening studio shot of hands shaping a clay bowl at the wheel, tools on a linen towel and pine shelves with drying pottery, warm amber task light and cool slate ambient wash.

Hands Shaping Clay Bowl in Studio

Airy lifestyle still-life of creamy linen, smooth ochre ceramic and a pale birch slice with visible rings on a soft-gray ground, arranged with broad negative space and lateral shadows.

Butternut and Birch still-life composition

A top-down study of vulnerability: a lone figure gingerly traverses a floor strewn with broken and whole eggshells, each step a negotiation of balance and care. Natural daylight highlights texture and beige tonalities, making the act feel intimate and symbolic.

Treading on Eggshells

Aiko, a Japanese American ceramicist in Portland, carries a damp clay bowl to a shelf, serene in an indigo smock over an oatmeal tee, hands dusted with slip and a silver bob, against warm-wood shelves and a muted clay-gray rack with a soft‑

Aiko ceramicist carrying damp clay bowl

A lone figure moves gingerly across a path of fragile eggshells at dawn, each step a careful negotiation between balance and risk. Soft morning light and muted neutrals emphasize delicacy and tension, turning an idiom into a quiet, symbolic scene.

Walking on Eggshells

A minimal tablescape for a small seasonal editorial: undyed linen and matte warm-gray stoneware, sand candles and dried-branch centerpiece on a pale-wood table with creamy, low-contrast light.

Minimal tablescape for seasonal editorial

Clustered liquid-glass forms float in a pristine white studio, their contours blurring and folding like molten crystal. Subtle cyan and green veins pulse at edges while faint violet glints puncture highlights, producing an abstract, high-key composition that feels both scientific and dreamlike.

Molten Glass in Quiet White

Macro photograph of a tight rosette succulent forming a Fibonacci spiral on a sunlit windowsill, with warm-teal and deep-green leaves, a terracotta rim, and soft-cream background, showing matte bloom, micro-scratches, and delicate edge-to-s

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