STEP INTO THE WORLD OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL

Growing up in farm country hating dirt, it's ironic yet compelling Badiali chose to spend his life making beauty from the earth.

Bewley creates functional art, especially lighting, made from various recycled items.

Martínez specializes in highlighting farmworkers' lives through art on discarded produce boxes.

Based in Jingdezhen, independent artist Ryan Mitchell crafts expressive clay works, bridging East-West dialogues since 2007.

A St. Louis native turned potter, Briddell draws from Midwestern roots and nature in New Mexico, and is known for modern forms and crater glazes.

From Faenza to global art scenes, Luce Raggi crafts images filled with life and irony, founding Casa Studio Raggi and a contemporary gallery.

Gregersen's creations express a search for structure, connecting mind and matter through the sensory language of clay.

Bryan, raised amid the Red Scare and civil unrest, uses art to navigate and comment on life's absurdities and political turmoil.