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Adam Young
Adam came to NYC to obtain a masters degree in historical performance from the Juilliard School. After completing his degree in 2019 he quickly found Mugi where he practices ceramics and works as a studio technician. With training in historicism, Adam seeks to find factual basis to inform his artistic decisions. His desk job is playing piano for ballet classes. He also teaches private music lessons and performs with various ensembles. Adam has a particular passion for beginners. He finds that every pursuit enhances each other. If artistry is at the forefront of intentions, technique will follow.
Outi Putkonen
Outi is the incredibly talented potter and passionate smile and heart behind Mugi Pottery.
As a potter, I am not interested in production pottery. I much prefer exploring the process in a less result oriented context. Becoming a potter to me meant embarking on a journey, destination unknown and not important. On this journey, I must remain open minded, observant and humble in order to explore the possibilities and ideas that present themselves through our environment and nature. I need to be intuitive and respectful of my heritage, experience, and sense of aesthetics instilled by my surroundings, upbringing, and education. Pottery making is a very technical craft, through diligent practice, repetition, and perseverance I have begun to grasp the layers of skill and understanding required to make a proper pot. In the potter’s craft, I need to be humble to accept the challenges and embrace them as a learning opportunity rather than an obstacle and discouragement. As a potter I am forced to focus in present time, I can’t think about yesterday or plan my tomorrow while working. The process requires a quiet and calm mind, hands, and eyes working together in order to execute an abstract idea into a tangible object.
Abigail Regner
Abigail Regner graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art in ceramics from the University of Colorado, Boulder in the spring of 2019. Through her education, she has refined her skills in wheel throwing, hand building, slip casting, formulating glazes, and firing kilns at multiple temperature ranges and atmospheres. For the past three years Regner has worked as a professional ceramic artist in New York City. She spent two years working as a production assistant for designer Christoher Spitzmiller making high end ceramic lamps and tableware. She has been teaching at Mugi for three years and has since moved into a managerial role. For the past nine years, she has been practicing ceramics, and is currently interested in large scale throwing, experimental glaze formulation, and surface texture by layering bas-relief to create dynamic surfaces on clay.
