Bio

Any was born in Curitiba, Brazil. There, she became an architect and urban planner. 

She spent a decade in New York, where she studied ceramics, metalsmithing and documentary photography, and worked at Etsy, Inc. in communications, policy, seller education and community. She went on to become Etsy's first Senior Maker Specialist, researching the creation and production processes used by designers and makers to scale their independent businesses. 

While focusing mainly on clay and metal, she has also studied an array of traditional Crafts, from glass and fiber to kintsukuroi and fileteado porteño. This body of knowledge colors her path as an artist and her studio practice.

As of 2017, Any works full-time with clay, with a focus on atmospheric firings. She lives in Seattle.

Artist Statement

My vessels evoke the female form, with creases that model arms and split the figure in two—belly and buttock—and rims that suggest heads or windswept hair. They stand individually or in relation to one another, considering the opposing dynamics of belonging: being known and invited, or rejected and estranged; protected or exposed; belligerent or soothed. Drawing from their rims, I make bowls and dishes. They are rugged and robust.

My work is often fired in wood kilns, sometimes more than once, and adorned with metal components, such as water-cast silver. I fit these elements into the ridges of my carved pieces, or onto crusty wood-fired surfaces achieved by the accumulation of ash and embers in the fire box.

Résumé

Work

∙ 2025, winter - Resident Artist - Red Lodge Clay Center - Red Lodge, MT
∙ 2024, fall - Resident Artist - Starworks - Star, NC
∙ 2023, spring - Artist in Retreat - Mendocino Arts Center - Mendocino, CA
∙ 2018-2019 - North Seattle College CE - Small-business Instructor - Seattle, WA
∙ 2014-2017 - Etsy, Inc. - Senior Maker Specialist - Brooklyn, NY
∙ 2010-2014 - Etsy, Inc. - Manager, Community - Brooklyn, NY
∙ 2000-2008 - Architect - Curitiba, Brazil

Education

∙ 1995-2000 - Architecture and Urban Planning - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
∙ 2008-2010 - Metalsmithing - 92Y, New York
∙ 2012 - Documentary photography - International Center of Photography, New York
∙ 2017-present - Ceramics - independent study
∙ 2022-2023 - Clay Cohorts mentored by Simon Levin
∙ 2024 - Clay Cohorts, mentored by Lisa Orr

Selected Exhibitions

∙ 2024 - Kindled Spirits at Good Earth Pottery - Bellingham, WA
∙ 2022 - Introductions at Rain City Clay - Seattle, WA
∙ 2021 - Rat City Studios Past & Present at Good Earth Pottery - Bellingham, WA
∙ 2018 - The Teapot Show at Good Earth Pottery - Bellingham, WA
∙ 2018 - Bountiful - Elensburg, WA
∙ 2018 - The 6th Annual Cup Show at Jansen Art Center - Lynden, WA

Lectures, Interviews and Articles

∙ 2020 - Ceramics Ireland Magazine - “Ling Chun - What Belongs with Clay” - Issue 44
∙ 2019 - Lecture, NCECA - “Etsy & Clay: An Insider's Perspective” - Video
∙ 2019 - Lecture, CONTAF (Brazil) - “A Cerâmica Online: Como divulgar e vender suas criações na internet”
∙ 2018 - Interview, The Potter's Cast - “Etsy From an Insider’s Perspective” - Episode 392
∙ 2018 - Lecture, Washington Clay Arts Association - “Selling Online: How to Find the Right Platform For Your Business On the Web”

Community

∙ Board of Directors, Washington Clay Arts Association (2017-2023)
∙ Creator of Flash & Ash - Directory of Wood Kilns For Potters and Ceramic Artists