Hi! I'm Olivia, the artist behind OCTceramics. I love to make things and I live in Houston, TX with my husband and two small kids.​

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As an architect by training, I sought out the pottery wheel as an escape from straight lines, and I found a welcome retreat into organic, rounded forms that emerge from a lump of clay on the wheel. I fell in love with clay because of the humility it demands and the connection it creates to the earth and the hands that form it. I am fascinated by how that formed clay can also create its own decoration as it is dipped into colored liquid and records its intersection with the liquid plane.

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After living for many years in Philadelphia and working in a community studio, I moved to Houston in 2017 and transitioned to making work in my own space. I make small batches of pottery designed for everyday life, and I love to engage with the wonderful community of potters here in town through Clay Houston.