Naomi Peterson

Houston, TX

she/her

Share the most significant thing that happened to you and your work/studio practice in 2022?

Because I'm embracing my inner maximalist, I can't choose just one! Last year was filled with a ton of things that influenced my practice. I went to a metals workshop with Angela Caldwell at Arrowmont and expanded my thoughts on hard and soft materials, my partner and I went abroad to Europe and we saw the Palace at Versailles in addition to eating so many beautiful wonderful things, and I started teaching several ceramics classes including a few kids classes (I'd only taught adults to that point). In between classes and excursions, I started to make larger and more experimental work. I had been working primarily with cup forms and mostly functional objects but was itching to get a bit crazier with my surfaces and construction. I used exhibitions I was a part of to figure out new ideas and found that when I'm busy, I incorporate influences more reactionarily rather than overthinking them.

What music, audiobooks, or podcasts are filling your studio airtime lately?

Podcasts: Noble Blood, Even the Rich, This Podcast Will Kill You Audiobooks: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, A Tiny Upward Shove, I'm Glad My Mom Died, The Hare With the Amber Eyes, and I love a good historical romance