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When class finishes, Dustin heads down the hall to his full-time job as an Administrative Assistant in the SAIC Architecture Department. But by evening, he’s riding his bike to his pottery studio. Dustin kneads a large ball of porcelain, wets the spinning wheel and begins pulling cups from the clay. He’ll sell these later or show them in galleries, every one of them unique. I really don’t like things that match all the way, he says, as he places another finished cup aside. I think that’s really boring to have eight of the same thing. I’d rather have eight of the same idea. To see Dustin’s work, check out Ceramicsandtheory.com/home.html.PHOTOS AND TEXT by KATE SOSIN -
When class finishes, Dustin heads down the hall to his full-time job as an Administrative Assistant in the SAIC Architecture Department. But by evening, he’s riding his bike to his pottery studio. Dustin kneads a large ball of porcelain, wets the spinning wheel and begins pulling cups from the clay. He’ll sell these later or show them in galleries, every one of them unique. I really don’t like things that match all the way, he says, as he places another finished cup aside. I think that’s really boring to have eight of the same thing. I’d rather have eight of the same idea. To see Dustin’s work, check out Ceramicsandtheory.com/home.html.PHOTOS AND TEXT by KATE SOSIN -
When class finishes, Dustin heads down the hall to his full-time job as an Administrative Assistant in the SAIC Architecture Department. But by evening, he’s riding his bike to his pottery studio. Dustin kneads a large ball of porcelain, wets the spinning wheel and begins pulling cups from the clay. He’ll sell these later or show them in galleries, every one of them unique. I really don’t like things that match all the way, he says, as he places another finished cup aside. I think that’s really boring to have eight of the same thing. I’d rather have eight of the same idea. To see Dustin’s work, check out Ceramicsandtheory.com/home.html.PHOTOS AND TEXT by KATE SOSIN -
When class finishes, Dustin heads down the hall to his full-time job as an Administrative Assistant in the SAIC Architecture Department. But by evening, he’s riding his bike to his pottery studio. Dustin kneads a large ball of porcelain, wets the spinning wheel and begins pulling cups from the clay. He’ll sell these later or show them in galleries, every one of them unique. I really don’t like things that match all the way, he says, as he places another finished cup aside. I think that’s really boring to have eight of the same thing. I’d rather have eight of the same idea. To see Dustin’s work, check out Ceramicsandtheory.com/home.html.PHOTOS AND TEXT by KATE SOSIN
It starts 12 stories up, in a bright classroom at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). “We’re making Lego guys,” Dustin explains. He is sitting around a large table with other grad students, using his laptop to design a Mohawk for his Lego guy. When he’s done, the design will be spit out of a 3-D printer down the hall.
The Stats
Age
27
Neighborhood
Logan Square
Hometown
Greybull, Wyo.
Occupations
Administrative assistant,
Master’s student, potter
Relationship Status
Single
Hobbies
Ceramics, thrifting, decorating