Subgrade: the layers which precede the foundation.

Subgrade is handcrafted stoneware for the ritualist. We design real objects in an increasingly digital world. We build relation through deep study of materiality, function, and space. The wares we create beckon to us from the subterrain, drawing our attention downward to witness their stories.

Being mud is really different from being granite and should be treated differently. Mud lies around being wet and heavy and oozy and generative. Mud is underfoot. People make footprints in mud. As mud I accept feet. I accept weight. I try to be supportive, I like to be obliging. Those who take me for granite say this is not so but they haven't been looking where they put their feet. That's why the house is all dirty and tracked up.

URSULA K. LEGUIN

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kscanlon@subgrade.studio

Vancouver, Canada

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