All In A Day's Work

“Good morning to the grass. Good morning to the sun. Good morning to the warmth. Good morning to the frost, the trees, the sky, the pine tree, and the haze.”

Tye Tilt says that when snow is perfect for sculpting, it has a texture like cream cheese and can be carved with just a finger. He would know.

Boondoggle Baking’s Amelia Lohrenz bakes sourdough loaves in the mud oven she and her partner, Andrew McCarthy, built at their Tetonia home. 

Blaine Ball’s winter mornings start while most of us are sleeping—not predawn eye flutters asleep, but drooling on the pillow asleep, unconsciously stealing blankets from your partner asleep.

The studio is quiet, save for the spinning wheel with a single smack of clay centered in front of Chelsea Phelps. “This all feels like a dream,” she says, smiling, as she pushes on the pedal of the potter’s wheel to keep the tempo consistent.