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Theo Helmstadter Highlight
It’s not something people tell you when you’re in high school: You’re going to come up with a plan, but then you’re probably going to have to come up with another plan after that!
About Theo
- I was born and raised in Ithaca, New York.
- I gravitated toward the creative arts and making things from a young age—I began learning how to make pottery when I was 13 years old.
- At the time, I didn’t see a future for myself in pottery or the creative arts, so I pursued something that I thought was the “right path” instead.
- Attended Oberlin College, where I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in English and music.
- Moved to Sante Fe, New Mexico, where I worked as an English teacher for several years.
- I knew deep down that being a teacher wasn’t something I was meant to be doing, so I found myself rediscovering my love of pottery.
- In 1998, I opened my ceramics studio Green River Pottery in Sante Fe, New Mexico, where I specialize in making reduction-fired stoneware and teaching pottery classes.
