Community Studio Update: One Year in Portugal

On September 3rd, 2025 we celebrated one full year in Portugal. If you're new here, my husband Nick and I moved with the goal of opening a small community studio...

Let's Leave the Country

So my husband Nick and I have decided to move to Portugal. I’ve had a lot of questions about why and how, and it’s been hard to decide where to...

Moving to Portugal Part Two: How I Met Mariana Sampaio

Ok, so my last Portugal post was back in April during my third visit there, but I never really talked about how I ended up visiting Portugal in September of...

A French Man and Two Kilns

Back in December of last year, I did a holiday market, and had postcards about the community studio project on the table as a conversation starter. And it worked! As...