People Spotlights
One of our primary goals is to build a thriving community around our hobby. Growers, ceramists, collectors, educators. These are only a few of the people that are part of the cactus and succulent scene. Get to know them through these short but insightful interview spotlights.
When making a pot, my goal is to have it look like it was pulled right from the Earth itself. For these reasons, I seek natural textures and colors in my pottery that do not distract from the beauty of the plants.
The hardest part about my small garden is eyeing a large specimen that I want to bring home, and then dealing with what needs to go and how to move things around to make space for it.
My mother introduced succulents to me when I was a child I still remember her words, "succulents can come in such cool shapes and many colors and are easy to grow."
My main sources of inspiration are from natural forms and gothic nostalgia. Growing up in the 90s. I’ve always loved the work of artist HR Giger, and grew up immersed in the dark world of Tim Burton.
I've always been into a stark black and white pallete for my paintings, and coming from a critical art school of thought I wanted to make pottery that reflected a newer and more cutting edge attitude
I wanted to take a succulent to a cactus and succulent show and I didn’t like any of the pots that were available so I went on YouTube and figured out how to make a simple pot.
It's important to cultivate a strong moral compass and code of conduct. It's as simple as asking: how do the actions I take and the decisions I make impact the world around me?
Whether you’re starting out or have been at it for a decade, your collection is a part of you! You’ve provided your plants with the love and nutrition they need so enjoy it!
My mother bought me a plant gift package, which my father helped me pot in a planter. I did not get really interested until I was a sophomore in high school and I needed a show and tell topic. My dad suggested cacti.
I remember the first time I saw an Astrophytum asterias cv. Super Kabuto and I had to look it up. I thought the patterns were painted on. That is how foreign and perfect they looked to me!
As humans we perceive natural phenomena as taking ages, yet in the eyes of the earth the growth, erosion, decay and destruction it performs on itself is just the blink of an eye.
I started to notice plants, specifically cacti and the Trichocereus genus via the Chavin de Huantar cultural site in Peru. I went down the rabbit hole and consumed all the information I could find about these plants.
I hope I can continue to grow my inventory of unique and hard to find plants. My goal is to be one of the biggest Southern California growers of these rare and exotic plants.
Who should we feature next?
Do you know anyone we should feature on this page? Let us know by sending us a message using the form below. You can also send us their profile via our Instagram account. We are looking for people that are passionate about the hobby, whether they are growers, ceramists, artists, collectors, educators, etc.
Let us know, and let’s keep the community going.
