In Detroit, Michigan’s historical Indian Village, on a property it shares with a home, you’ll find an old car collector’s garage standing steady despite its 1910 beginnings as a sanctuary for cars made in the early 1900s by the Anderson Electric Car Company. Soaring arched windows cast in high-fire masonry block let in an abundance […]

In Detroit, Michigan’s historical Indian Village, on a property it shares with a home, you’ll find an old car collector’s garage standing steady despite its 1910 beginnings as a sanctuary for cars made in the early 1900s by the Anderson Electric Car Company. Soaring arched windows cast in high-fire masonry block let in an abundance of light, as do the cupola in the vaulted ceiling and its neighboring skylight — all told, the old garage feels more like a church. For ceramicist Abigail Murray, this church-like garage serves as her home studio, and drives a newfound dream that was born of a major life change. “Inspired by a request for dishes from a friend and a re-prioritizing of my life after my child [was born], I founded my brand in 2012,” Abigail shares. “I now run my independent ceramics company from my studio in Detroit, using a combination of hand building and slip casting techniques. My pieces are influenced by the intimacy of the relationship between pots and their users.”
With Abigail’s ceramics company underway, her husband got tenure at the University of M...