Meet the Founder

I started throwing on the wheel in early 2025. What began as a class became something I could not put down. By the beginning of 2026, I became a studio member, committing fully to ceramics and spending as much time as I could, working on sculpture and, of course, these plates.

As I started making pieces and gifting them to family and friends, I began to notice something. A handmade object changes a space. It makes it feel more comfortable, more like a home. It adds personality and a sense of identity in a way that nothing store-bought can. When someone receives something that another person spent weeks sculpting, shaping, and refining just for them, it says something. 

And then I started thinking about the people who need to hear that most. The people who do not have a home of their own to fill, or a table to set, or a space that feels like theirs. I felt like my plates could go somewhere better. So I partnered with Henry Street Settlement, an organization that has spent over 130 years making the Lower East Side feel like a place where everyone belongs, and A Plate at the Table was born.