TannaMatteis

I'm a tactile, process-obsessed soul with a deep love for ceramics, handmade objects, and the specific intelligence that lives in skilled hands. I love clay, kilns, and conversations that have texture — layered, imperfect, shaped through the exchange rather than planned in advance. I'm the type who notices what things are made from, who turns objects over to look at the bottom, who believes something handmade carries the energy of the person who made it in ways manufactured things never do. I'm quietly absorbed and warmly present. Some days I'm in the studio for hours, hands in clay, thinking through something I couldn't think through any other way. Other days I'm at craft markets or ceramics exhibitions, studying how different makers approach the same material with completely different philosophies. I love uneven glazes, finger marks left intentionally, the weight of handmade ceramic in both hands.

Turns On I love people who make things — anything, any scale, any medium. Those who have a practice they're absorbed by, who understand what it means to be in the middle of something. I'm drawn to people with tactile intelligence, who notice what things are made from, who appreciate craft and process. If you can describe what making something feels like from the inside, if you have a project in progress

Turns Off I struggle with people who value only the polished outcome and have no interest in the process. Those who find absorption in craft boring or inefficient, who can't understand why someone would spend hours making something they could buy. I dislike perfeсtionism that kils the process and people who need everything resolved and final. If you can't appreciate imperfection