Meet Chastidy Vasconez, POT’s American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter and teacher of our new ASL Ceramics workshop! A part of our mission to improve accessibility in ceramics, this new class is taught in ASL and for anyone with ASL experience, including people who are Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing participants who know at least know basic ASL. You don’t have to be fluent, the workshop will be taught in ASL but spoken English translation will be available upon request. You can also request Chastidy to interpret in our classes and private parties 💚 We hope to make this workshop recurring with enough interest, so please share and help spread word! ☀️ Sat. May 23 from 3-5p 📍POT Gardens 🫟 Ages 10+ with adult sign up 💌 To request interpretation for our other classes, email [email protected] 🔗 Link in bio -> One Time Classes // potstudiola.com

GROW ID: speckled buff earthenware hands signing GROW in American Sign Language with an arrowhead philodendron plant sprouting through the hands. An homage to my Lao ancestors and Deaf culture. Combing my affinity for language, culture, and nature, my hands are positioned to sign the word GROW in ASL while referencing the style of Buddhist mudras. Hyper-flexed fingers are a common attribute in southeast Asian cultures, and can be seen in cultural dances such as the lamvong, which incorporates a system of hand gestures to symbolize the cycle of nature. I’m so excited to share that I will be teaching a beginner friendly ceramics workshop @pot_studio_la in ASL!! With National Deaf History month and Lao New Year coming up, it only makes sense, so sign up! Link in bio! ദ്ദി(˃ ᵕ ˂ ദ്ദി) ✿ #ASL #POT #accessibility #CODA #Deaf

Spring rolls around in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and surprises. Finding joy in cooking and creating, unbounded much like the season of growth ༘⋆✿ (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 P.S. I finally tuned in the right settings, size, and process for my mini brick texture rollers. Now they’re seamless! Perfect for clay and non-edible play! Lmk if ur interested! I’ll be working on how to treat them for food grade use in the meantime… #art #food #tech #m1ultra

I’m not over these photos from @annomalyzzz tiny camera!! Ty @jijisjazzclub and team for putting on such a hype event! And at El Cid!! ❤️‍🔥 Thank you to everyone who came to squint at my table with tiny art! My crafts have always been my personal therapy, something to keep my fidgety hands busy when I know I need to quell my mind. It’s nice to know that my tiny art can also bring a sense of silly, ease, and joy to others as well ᵕ̈ ♡₊˚ It’s the season for growing and branching out! Soooo lmk if you’d be interested in learning how to make a tiny basket ya? #crafts #tinytinymoments #chickens

This Pisces season, I gifted my dear friend and mentor Maja, a custom wood sign of his own! Ever since I met Maja, I’ve been blown away by his breadth of art and I feel very lucky to have met him when I did. I met him last year after massive tech layoffs, on my last day of work. That day I decided I’d destress and celebrate being freed from corporate by bar hopping in Echo Park with some friends. Before heading into Bar Flores, I noticed that The Hunt, next door, was hosting an art exhibit. I remember when The Hunt was the Buy & Save discount store and I was curious to see what it had become now. Upon my pleasant surprise, I saw beautiful oil paintings of scenes of Echo Park. Then I saw Maja tabling. We instantly connected over our shared Ecuadorian heritage and interest in furniture design and art. Now, I am apprenticing for Maja and learning so much more about the art world and what it means to be an artist. He’s also connected me with so many lovely people - like Patricia the with the purple hair - who inspire me and motivate me to keep creating ·˖✶ Maja Designs engraved on Basswood 8”x3” #m1ultra #basswood #customlaserengraving

lol ik so late but wanted to share these still! Thank you @pot_studio_la for letting my partner and I vend on Valentine’s Day! We have so much love for the studio and we were so happy to see all the love at da studio <3 First time vending Empanadas de Viento aka de queso - and so glad to say I sold out! 🇪🇨 We also served Rose Oolong Milk tea which paired perfectly with the cheese empanadas! ⟡♡₊˚ 𝓕𝓾𝓷 𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻 𝓕𝓪𝓬𝓽: The rose, native to Iran, is a natural mild laxative that reduces stress and inflammation, while aiding in digestion and depression! Perfect if you’re lactose intolerant like Jerry is lol (ദ്ദി ๑>؂•̀๑)

𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓐 𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓢𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓻 𝓒𝓵𝓾𝓫… In this lifetime, I wanna continue to do whatever calls me. Now, I’m not sure what I mean by that totally. But since graduating, moving coast to coast, being laid off and going back to school, I’ve done a lot of thinking about how I could merge my passions in a way that makes sense while on this Earth. Cuz I do a lot of things! And tbh I don’t know how to focus on one thing (maybe it’s undiagnosed ADHD, but who doesn’t struggle to focus in this day n age?) So I decided to focus on a supper club w my friends because this embodies EVERYTHING. My love for food, art, crafting, music, friendship! 𓊆ྀི❤︎𓊇ྀི But another element that I will never waiver on, is my desire for accessibility. I want to build magical experiences that engage the five senses - regardless if you have all of them or not. And much like Chimborazo in Ecuador, one of the tallest mountains with the closest point to the sun, we’re reaching for the stars ·˖✶ So we’re reimagining supper - cuz what if it was our last? ─ .✦ #supperclub #art #food #music #love

💌Happy San Valentin y Día de la Amistad!💌 This Valentine’s weekend we’ll be popping up @pot_studio_la pouring up pink thai milk tea and dishing out empanadas de viento! So cute it’ll literally take your breath away! ♡ˎˊ˗ ⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔ 📍POT Gardens, 12th Ave./ W Jefferson Blvd. ⏰Saturday, the 14th from 11am-4pm Possibly Sunday tbd

Finally, pt.2 of making stamps for Angelica to test and give me feedback on! I wanna make sure these stamps work well with clay before I really start promoting them, because good design is intuitive design! Thanks for listening to my little spiel nerding out on architecture, engineering, and laser cutting. ദ്ദി(˶⎚⤙⎚˶) #xtools #lasercutting #engineering @xtool.official #diy

Pt.1 of making a stamp for @ayquelindaceramica ! Ever since being laid off back in August, I’ve had a lot more time to experiment with my M1 Ultra 4-in-1 laser cutter. I’m an engineer at heart, so research and dev is a must for me. I’m also a Capricorn moon, so perfectionism may be the death of me. This new year I’m deciding to focus on my progress and not perfection. I’m really excited to share some of what I’ve been working on, and what I’ve learned. Stay tuned! ૮₍ • ˕ - ₎ა♡₊˚ #xtool #m1ultra @xtool.official #crafts #tools #diy

Thank uuu @creative.connect.club for the flyer and invite to vend @temple_grounds ! I’ll be vending tiny basket, stickers, laser engraved tools, n other crafts. 100% of proceeds from any anti-!c3 stickers will be going to families directly impacted. 100% of proceeds from any anti-w4r stickers will go to Palestinian mutual aid. Why? Bc everyone deserves access to art, community, and well-being. ⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔ V STEMS STUDIO pop up 📍1650 W Temple St. Los Angeles ⏰ 11am-3pm See you there ૮ ྀིᴗ͈ . ᴗ͈ ྀིა♡₊˚

We started with fruit tables + art 🍓 Now we’ve grown into a full sensory supper party. Food has always been central to culture. It’s memory. It’s medicine. It’s identity. You are what you eat, right? This evening is inspired by Andean pre-colonial + colonial traditions from farmers burning their last crops as offerings to the Earth, to the ritual burning of sickness and harm brought through colonization. From that collision, a new tradition was born. We’re gathering to honor that lineage, celebrate the new year, and share food, music, fire, and intention together. More music. A full spread. An intimate table under the sky. If you loved the fruit spread… just imagine the food. 🔥🍽️✨ Sounds by: @sabrinarose.sabs & @serena.in.the.sun Ritual building and burning led by @vstemsstudio and @izinfinite Secret location 📍 Link in bio Dress code: Hues of Fire, Mythical, whimsical, elemental Flyer design by: @izinfinite.design #supperclub #indigenous #experiential