Hi, I’m Nicola.

I have anxiety.

I’ve been an artist my whole life and bounced around from medium to medium in hopes of finding a place of security. When none came, I pursued my Bachelor’s of Arts in Art Education in the hopes of pursuing all art forms. I spent two years as a middle school art teacher, and have not spent a day regretting my decision to leave. After several years and a few jobs later, I decided that I needed to get behind a potter’s wheel once again. The moment my clay hit the wheel, I knew I was in the right place. I started building my own studio in my basement and within a year I’d quit my full time job to pursue this as a business. Ceramics gave me a sense of belonging, of inner peace, and identity.

Anxiously Thrown is my tribute to myself. Each piece I make is unique and unapologetic. I struggle with anxiety daily, but that anxiety tends to slip away when I’m working in the studio. Anxiously Thrown is my safe space. There are many pieces that make up the puzzle of identity. Each product I make reflects a piece to my puzzle. There are some pieces that are composed while others are pure chaos.