Play with clay! Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Seth Rogen, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Hailey Bieber have been flocking to Patrick Johnston’s Temple of Mediclaytion ceramics studio in Venice, California, and there’s a particular cause why.
The artist, who has grow to be recognized for his signature hugged and cherished vases, sat down with ET to share why A-listers cannot get sufficient of his one-of-a-kind assortment.
“When I was 12, I was finally eligible to take a wheel throwing class and have not stopped since. … I learned early on that imagination and motivation are the keys to success in ceramics,” he explains.
Past utilizing pottery as an outlet to ‘fireplace up’ his creativity, Johnston additionally appreciates the bond the exercise kinds between individuals.
“I love how regardless of social status or background, my ceramics studio levels the playing field and everyone is welcome,” he says.
As for the way he accomplishes this: “Our model is to create a space where nobody wants to leave. … Every class is a potluck. We eat together and clay together, and those who clay together, stay together. Everyone in the classes becomes friends. It’s a true community.”
The California native additionally maintains a laid-back method on the subject of his educating fashion, whether or not you are a celeb shopper or not.
“I give my students the space to make mistakes and actually learn. … I let everyone make a mess and feel normal and free to have fun with clay. … We genuinely don’t care how famous you are, and clay doesn’t care if you’re famous,” he notes.
However celebs definitely care concerning the clay, they usually’re displaying it with bodily contact because of Johnston’s unique hug a pot expertise, which he created resulting from his personal blunder.
“After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004, I was working on a piece and accidentally hugged it, but I stepped away thinking it was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful,” he shares.
From there, the ceramics knowledgeable needed to seize that very same innocence in all of his work — and provides others the chance to do the identical.
“The hug experience can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours. … We laugh, we cry and truly feel every aspect of being alive. It can be quite the unexpected emotional roller coaster ride and people are moved in indescribable ways,” he tells ET.
“Hugs generally make people feel safe, heard, seen, and happy. It’s a very basic, but powerful human experience that everyone has had at one point. … People are hugging each other, or even themselves. The pot is just the vessel in the middle of their unique embrace,” the potter provides.
To enroll in a category or to e book a hugged pot expertise with Johnston, go to templeofmediclaytion.com.
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