{"id":1090,"date":"2015-03-11T08:52:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2015-03-11T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:14:39","slug":"natania-humes-slow-studio-in-nyc-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2015\/03\/11\/natania-humes-slow-studio-in-nyc-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Natania Hume&#8217;s Slow Studio in NYC Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it\u2019s about food or the pace of living, sometimes the best thing you can do is slow down.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what Williston Northampton School faculty member Natania Hume believes. And when it comes to her custom pottery, time and quality go hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Her focus on detail and dedication to the craft has now led her to a new collaboration\u2014one that will potentially bring her work into homes across the country.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On March 11, Ms. Hume headed to New York City for a preview party at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canvashomestore.com\/\">Canvas Homestore<\/a>, where the company unveiled her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slow-studio.com\/designer-maker.html\">\u201cSlow Studio\u201d<\/a> line of ceramics to designers, editors, and retail customers. Work by fellow artist Judy Jackson was also featured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/0DpvpQBYPp\/\" target=\"_top\">Our Studio Ceramics&#8230;..pick your style and color and our artisans will craft them just for you&#8230; #handmade #customceramics<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Canvas Home (@canvashomestore) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-03-10T18:22:00+00:00\">Mar 10, 2015 at 11:22am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As part of their new line, Canvas Homestore will offer seven of Ms. Hume\u2019s ceramics\u2014pitchers, mugs, dessert plates, serving bowls, vases, small tumblers, and lidded jars\u2014which customers can pick in one of several glazes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea being that their customers can special order specific \u2018Slow Studio\u2019 (the name of my line of ceramics) items through Canvas and choose their own glaze colors,\u201d Ms. Hume explained in an email. \u201cI will make up their customized items specifically for each order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a press release about Ms. Hume, the company highlighted the handmade and small-batch qualities of her work, as well as her use of a solar- and wind-powered kiln.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy employing simple and direct design solutions, she strives to create contemporary objects that are unique, harmonious, and eminently functional,\u201d the release noted.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Hume said the Canvas project had been an enjoyable one and that she had appreciated the opportunity to collaborate with other potters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is fun for me,\u201d Ms. Hume added, \u201cbecause whether it is collaborating with other artisans, retailers or other teachers, I find the collaborative process, and the give-and-take of ideas, to be very inspiring and energizing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it\u2019s about food or the pace of living, sometimes the best thing you can do is slow down. That\u2019s what Williston Northampton School faculty member Natania Hume believes. And when it comes to her custom pottery, time and quality go hand in hand. Her focus on detail and dedication to the craft has now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2015\/03\/11\/natania-humes-slow-studio-in-nyc-store\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Natania Hume&#8217;s Slow Studio in NYC Store<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}