Two years ago, Bailey's husband gifted her a pottery class at Green River in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With clay in her hands and the rhythm of the wheel, she worked through her postpartum depression and began to grow her voice as an artist. Today, she can't keep up with demand for her unique and intentionally crafted earthenware. It was a joy and an honor to document this story and the uniquely talented and humble spirit behind it.

Hands shaping wet clay on a pottery wheel, crafting a small vase in a rustic studio.
Woman smiling while working on a pottery wheel in a studio, black and white.
Overhead view of hands shaping a clay bowl on a spinning pottery wheel.
Flat lay of handmade ceramic pottery, strawberries, and pink peonies on a wooden table.
Hands holding a checkered brown and white ceramic mug with turquoise ring detail.
Handmade checkered ceramic vase and mugs styled with strawberries on a rustic wooden table.
Black and white portrait of a woman in a white shirt holding a ceramic mug.
Clay ball centered on a pottery wheel beside a ceramic bowl in a bright studio.
Woman throwing clay on a pottery wheel in a bright, minimalist ceramic studio.
Woman in white shirt and jeans sitting against a corrugated metal wall outdoors.
Female potter shaping clay on a wheel surrounded by shelves of ceramics in a studio.
Woman shaping clay on a pottery wheel in a bright ceramic studio workshop.
Overhead view of hands centering clay on a spinning pottery wheel.
Black and white photo of a woman sculpting a small clay vase on a pottery wheel.
Smiling woman in white shirt and jeans standing in a rustic wooden doorway holding a cup.