Our Team

Hi, Im Rin! I’ve been part of the Radius community since I moved to Portland from WI in 2008. Teaching is my favorite part of my job- I love creating a space where people feel supported and free to play. My personal work centers around sculpting people and animals, often blending them to create weird llittle (or big) clay creatures. These days I spend my time making art, sharing what I know, and helping others tap into that same creative joy here at Radius.

Hi! I’m Sandra. I’m an intermediate ceramic artist making pieces inspired by nature, earthly magic and metaphysical exploration. I have a background in Corporate Office Coordinating, IT Administrative Support and Purchasing. I recently went back to school to earn a degree in Business Management. I love to hike and explore new places. I am appropriately obsessed with my dog. I’m also a folk herbalist, learning about plants, growing and foraging my own plant allies.

For over 15 years Jess Faulk has made teaching and making ceramics their full time passion. Pursued the study of ceramics at Alberta College of Art & Design, Penland School of Craft, and assisted in countless workshops across the country. Jess makes functional ceramic forms with an emphasis surface techniques. The surfaces of her pieces are highly embellished, but compliment the form and function of the work.

Lela was born and raised in a tiny resort town in Southern California, Big Bear, but spent a few years in Arcata, California, attending Humboldt State University. She studied both ceramics and art history, and graduated in 2017. She and her partner Nick, just moved to the Portland area at the end of January, and most of her time is spent exploring the city, hanging out with her cats, Lucie and Eva, drinking copious amounts of coffee, baking bread and making pots!

Alyssa Black is best known for her intricate wheel-thrown and altered porcelain forms, through which she explores the theme of transcendence. She states, “My art serves as a personal and collective guide to freedom, serenity, and joy. I push the limits of the medium and process to create objects that evoke a sense of wonder and delight.” In addition to her private studio practice, she leads community ceramics workshops. She is also a published author and has been featured in Ceramics Monthly. She has been at Radius since 2011.

I am an artist with a background in jewelry making and metal work, currently working primarily as a ceramic artist. I started my pursuit in ceramics as a way to spend more time with my mom, a potter of 30 years, and fell in love with the medium. Since starting as a studio assistant at Radius, I have shifted my focus from small wheel thrown functional wares to large decorative hand built pieces. I’ve been enjoying every bit of experimentation that comes along with the transition.

I’m Darah Lundberg. I am a studio potter and ceramic instructor. I mostly make functional ware and enjoy throwing, altering and marrying hand built elements into my pieces. I have been making pots and wood firing them for over a decade.

Brigit is a ceramist and print-maker, living and working in Portland, OR. She recently finished her illustration degree from PNCA. She spends her time creating and being silly while trying to figure out how to spend this life.

Hi I’m Ally! I’m from a small town in northern California but moved to Portland in 2019. I’m currently a barista at a shop called Sterling Coffee in NW and really love working in coffee. I’ve been playing with clay for a little over 2 years now and am having so much fun! I am still learning lots so beware everything I make is a little wabi-sabi! I am so excited to keep learning and see where ceramics takes me. I love cats, coffee, and candy.

Hi my name is Elizabeth! I’m a curious human who’s in constant wonder of getting this experience of being alive. I’ve been creating things out of clay off and on since high school. I’m constantly seeking out new skills to learn – especially in the realms of craft, community building and justice. I love ceramics because it is a collaboration with processes that we can’t completely control and it demands a lot of surrender from us. I’m always searching for more creative community to be in generative conversation with.

While I began working with the wheel in high school, my work quickly shifted to focusing almost entirely on figurative hand-building. I love exploring emotion through mark-making and am trying to get a little more adventurous with surface treatments and glaze. Up until fairly recently, I hadn’t been able to work with clay for years, so I am so excited to be back in the ceramics community at Radius!

Hi, I’m Steph! I began my pottery practice at the beginning of the pandemic and immediately fell in love with it. My favorite ways of working with clay are throwing and nerikomi. Outside of the studio, you’ll likely find me painting, thrifting, exploring coffee shops in the area, and spending time outdoors.

I moved to Portland from St. George, Utah in September 2025 and have loved settling into the local ceramics community. I’m really enjoying getting to know everyone in the studio and learning from the wide range of styles and processes around me. Outside of the studio, I’m getting more into reading, love being outdoors, and am especially looking forward to camping around Oregon this summer.