Clay is the medium. Sturdy Studio is everything around it.
Sturdy Studio began with clay, but slowly became much more than that — a way of seeing, living, and bringing nature indoors. This website is a home for the work so far, and for the collections still to come.
How I got here
I studied design and started out working in fashion, first at Rowdy and then at Allen Solly. Those years shaped me in different ways, but there came a point when I stepped away and no longer felt sure of who I was becoming. What followed was a season of change, and somewhere inside it I began looking for a slower, more honest way to live and make.
Motherhood, change, and clay
After Sid was born, I found my way to clay when he was around six months old. It began as something small, but by the third day I knew something had shifted. What started as learning a medium slowly changed the way I lived life, how I spent my time, what I noticed, and how I came back to myself. Sturdy Studio grew in small pockets of time, between nights, naps, and help from family, and with every piece I felt more sure that this was becoming my way of life.
What keeps me in the studio
I keep returning to forms shaped by nature. Rock, water, texture, little landscapes, and objects that bring a quieter kind of life into the home. Clay is the medium, but the work comes from everything around it: the way I live, what I notice, and the feeling I want these pieces to hold.