Based in Portland, Maine, Ayumi Horie believes the best handmade pottery encourages connection between people and enriches daily life. Her activism and advocacy promote thoughtful craft practice and support makers around the world. Ayumi has recently been setting aside select projects to focus on new work and to engage more deeply in organizational board service aimed at creating a more equitable craft field.
Watch Ayumi on Craft in America
Now streaming, watch Ayumi in the Inspiration episode, which aired December 16 on PBS. In conjunction with the episode, a small selection of ramen bowls will be available at the Craft in America gallery on December 10.
Craft Archive Fellowship
Launched in 2022, Ayumi’s vision and support helped create the Craft Archive Fellowship, an opportunity that supports scholarship and archival research focused on underrepresented and non-dominant craft narratives. Read an interview with Ayumi.
Sexism in Ceramics
A 2021 panel discussion examining sexism and misogyny in ceramics, bringing together two potters, an art historian, and a lawyer to explore the field’s roots in patriarchy, its ongoing impact on studio culture, and ways to challenge it. Also visit
Highfire Feminism.