Genna williams ceramics

Genna Williams

Genna is a multidisciplinary designer of minimal, functional ceramics.

She graduated from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2014 with a degree in Furniture Design. After graduation, Genna moved to Austin and started building her very own ceramics studio as an escape from her hum-drum day job. She uses her extensive experience in home furnishings, lighting, and furniture to inspire her sleek ceramic forms.

In 2021, Genna also co-founded Broad Studios Club House, an educational ceramics studio, where she teaches wheel throwing and hand building classes to students of all experience levels.

Karacotta ceramics

Kara Pendl

Kara is the designer and artist behind Karacotta Ceramics.

She is a mostly self-taught potter, with early instruction from a high school art class, a hobby exploration in 2011, and a lifetime of creative curiosity. 

Originally a Wisconsin native, Kara grew up exploring in the woods, adventuring in nature, and creating with organic materials. These experiences heavily influence the unique aesthetic and processes in her body of work. 

When she's not blissfully covered in mud, you can find her practicing handstands, reading in the sun, drinking coffee and chatting goals & strategy with other female entrepreneurs.

SHe ceramics

Hallie Shafer

Hallie is the designer behind the wheel of She Ceramics.

After spending five years teaching elementary art, Hallie left public school and opened her own — Broad Studios Club House, an educational ceramics studio. And when she’s not teaching or managing a thousand wonderful things, Hallie spends her time packing as much life as possible into basic everyday objects. She works the surfaces of her pieces over several times, combining painting, underglaze pencil drawings, screen printing, and gold luster to evoke a sense of immediacy from an otherwise slow and methodical process.

Hallie's designs are never planned- each pot becomes a page in a three dimensional living sketchbook, and each pot has its own perfect imperfections that tell the story of its creation.

Made with love and a sense of humor in Austin, TX.

fibrous

Ellen Bruxvoort

FIBROUS uses natural materials to make textural fiber art for interior spaces.

Ellen studied graphic design and advertising in college, but ultimately left school in 2014 to work on an organic produce farm in Hawaii. When Ellen returned from the farm later that year, she picked up weaving as a tactile creative outlet and pursued it for 3 years before making it her full-time job.

Although mostly self-taught, Ellen has also been guided by various mentors and lived with a small family in rural Peru. In 2015, she traded English lessons to roughly 20 kids every morning in exchange for a peek into the family's traditional weaving and dyeing practices.

Today, Ellen works in her home studio creating custom art and installations for interior spaces, both residential and commercial. Though no longer physically in the space, she remains involved with Broad Studios through markets and event planning.