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A ceramics studio that makes pieces by hand. A practice that began with lamps and has since evolved to furniture, objects, and accessories.
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The tenth and final piece in Collection 26.02 comes courtesy of a bird that spends most of the year at sea, coming ashore only to breed on craggy coastlines such as those of the Little Fogo Islands.
My first question when I found this out was how puffins sleep. There’s nowhere to perch in the middle of the ocean. Turns out, when at sea, they sleep on its surface, bobbing along in loose groups called rafts. How sweet!
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
24 Oct 2026
Sea urchins, the impetus behind the ninth set of pieces in Collection 26.02, are nothing like the ragged young Victorians who share their name.
Shorn of their spikes (and sadly their bodies), their shells possess an almost perfect symmetry, their rhythmic bumps and lines converging into a five-point star.
A most fetching design that, thanks to Fogo’s avian population, can be found literally littered across the island.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
23 Oct 2026
Fogo’s more diminutive stones, made smooth by the lapping of salt and sea, are the inspiration for the eighth set of pieces in Collection 26.02.
Under the murky May skies of my first trip, these pebbles took on an almost melancholic hue—a haunting blue-green gray that was beguiling.
Thirteen months later, basking in the July sun, they were suffused with warmth, almost to the point of iridescence with each passing wave.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
22 Oct 2026
The seventh set of pieces in Collection 26.02 is inspired by the island’s stony surface.
For some reason, the word stone brings a large, friendly rock to mind, all smooth surfaces and gentle faces. And some are, like the wishing stones with their perfect ring.
Most of Fogo’s stones, however, are far less cuddly, erupting like jagged teeth from the greenery. Beautiful, but not necessarily something you’d want to live with.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
21 Oct 2026
Iceberg season inspired the sixth set of pieces in Collection 26.02.
Fun fact: when I was fifteen, my father and I went on a cruise to witness a part of the Titanic being unsuccessfully raised. No maritime disaster took place. And sadly no icebergs were seen.
Another fun fact: smaller icebergs, usually bits broken off larger ones, are called growlers.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
18 Oct 2026
All the rope on Fogo led to the fifth set of pieces in Collection 26.02.
The material was literally everywhere, so I felt I had to do something with it figuratively as part of my homage to the island and its history. The First Nations fished Fogo’s surrounding waters for centuries before the Europeans showed up in the second half of the second millennium and established the North Atlantic cod trade, both activities where the twisted cord is essential.
My favorites were the teal green ropes used on boats, which started off bright and vibrant, and gained threads of sagacious white through age and use, much like we do.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
17 Oct 2026
The fourth set of pieces in Collection 26.02 is a nod to Fogo’s many, many, many patterns and the islanders’ enduring love for them.
For a place with such a restrained palette, on the exterior at least, you’d expect the interiors on Fogo to be equally puritanical, all whitewashed with weathered wood, and maybe a few bolder, albeit tasteful accents—think Scandi mid-century modern.
Instead, the interiors are a riot of color. Doors are painted a different pastel from the baseboards, which are painted a different pastel from the architraves. Walls are plastered in contrasting floral wallpapers, often with a pastel pink base. And floors, while whitewashed, are often painted with colorful patterns. How fun!
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
16 Oct 2026
The island’s quilts have inspired the third set of pieces in Collection 26.02.
Quilting has always been an integral part of Fogo’s output, a cottage industry (like rug hooking, carpentry, boat building, and other crafts) that grew out of necessity and the cod trade.
Today’s quilters are exceptionally talented, using patterns and techniques that have been honed over centuries. They’re also exceptionally proud of their work and its heritage—in the humblest way, of course—which makes purchasing one incredibly special.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
14 Oct 2026
The premise of the second set of pieces in Collection 26.02 is a premise or premises. (Isn’t the English language fun?)
On Fogo, a premise is a home, and like any home, it’s more than just a building. This is partly because of the warm, welcoming nature of those who live there, whose hospitality, in my limited experience, knows no bounds, making a premise’s often small, resilient structures feel far larger than they actually are.
It’s also because a premise is never just one building. For centuries, a typical Fogo home needed to hold everything required to catch fish, process fish, and store fish without things getting too fishy, so separating things made complete sense.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
13 Oct 2026
The first piece in Collection 26.02 is the smallest and is inspired by the outbuildings found across the island.
A shed, as I discovered, is a mutable space, containing everything from essential equipment to a small gathering of individuals for an exceptional party, to a very scared me during what might be the worst thunderstorm I’ve ever experienced.
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35mm Photography by Charlie Dumais
Studio Photography by @allegraanderson
12 Oct 2026
Before sharing the Collection 26.02’s pieces in detail, I want to take a moment to thank those who have had a hand in its creation.
Sarah, owner of Fogo Clay Studio, her partner Peggy, and Sadie, who kindly assisted me on my second trip.
Daria, Elizabeth, Emily, Hilary, Judy, Rita, and Yuri, the family I found during the retreat.
Ian and Sarah, who kept us fed.
Mary, Clare, Cathleen, and Aubrey, a few of Fogo Island Inn’s Community hosts.
Bruce, Dale, M’Liz, Mona, and Ryan, who welcomed us into their studios and homes.
The islanders whose homes, sheds, and studios I drank and sang in.
Everyone at Fogo Island Inn, Shore Fast, and Fogo Island Arts.
And anyone else I met and spoke to while on the island.
Thank you.
If I were on Fogo, I’d invite you over for dinner or a cup of tea, which I know is the way things are done, but I hope this shows a small portion of my immense gratitude.
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Photography by Charlie Dumais.
05 Oct 2026
Most only go to places that have a profound effect on them once. I was fortunate enough to return to Fogo this summer. This time to teach a weeklong retreat at @fogoislandclaystudio.
It was a totally different trip, shared with the same group of people whom I’d not seen in over a year. We’d been messaging, of course, like you’d do with friends from sleepaway camp. And like sleepaway camp, returning to the same place to see each other was way too exciting.
For me, it was the opportunity to share a bit of my artistic practice, and the pieces that these people had helped to inspire.
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Photography by Charlie Dumais.
04 Oct 2026
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