Studio Values

  • The studio prioritizes approaches that invite participation. Tools and resources are designed to reduce friction so that more people can begin and continue making.

  • Techniques, workflows, and discoveries are openly documented and distributed. The belief is that craft becomes stronger when knowledge circulates rather than concentrates.

  • Whether a physical object or a template system, each output is shaped with attention to proportion, usability, and precision. Thoughtful design creates better conditions for creativity.

  • Skill is built through repetition, experimentation, and time spent working with material. The studio supports this by creating systems that encourage iteration.

  • Clay is approached as a collaborator with its own constraints and possibilities. The work responds to those conditions rather than forcing uniform outcomes.

Brenton “B-Du” Duhan

Brenton Duhan is a ceramic artist and designer working at the intersection of architecture, craft, and pedagogy. He grew up between North Carolina and Kandern, Germany, two places with deep ceramic histories that shaped his sensitivity to material and place. He is a graduate architecture student at Yale University, holds a BA from Brown University, and spent three years designing museum exhibitions before returning to clay in 2022. His hand-built functional work evolves through iterative systems of templates and tools, emphasizing lineage over singularity. Alongside making, he is committed to sharing process, treating technique as a form of generosity and connection.

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Contact Studio B-Du

Send a message with any inquiries to studiobdu@gmail.com