17/06/2025
Wow just wow 🤩 We’ve now reached $500 raised and together, we’ve made something truly meaningful possible.
Thanks to your generosity, we’re now in reach of bringing a pottery wheel into the studio, not just as a tool, but as a deeply therapeutic resource for the incredible clients we are privileged to journey alongside.
We’ll be placing the order as soon as the funds are released; and it’s because of you that this is now possible.
In therapeutic arts-based practice, it’s not about creating a perfect final piece, it’s about the process.
The gestures, textures, and rhythms of making invite us to reconnect with our inner world, often revealing insights that words alone cannot carry. As Cathy Malchiodi (2020) reminds us, healing begins “in the making itself, where sensation, emotion, and meaning intersect long before a finished product exists.”
With the addition of this offering, our clients will have access to:
🌀 Presence & Regulation – The wheel’s gentle repetition supports breath awareness and nervous system balance (Lusebrink, 2004)
🤲 Embodied Insight – Working with clay fosters somatic awareness and non-verbal expression, giving form to unspoken stories (Elbrecht, 2013)
🌿 Creative Agency – Each shaping gesture becomes an act of self-determination and possibility, a way to explore, reclaim, and become
Clay invites stillness. It reminds us that transformation is tactile, that through process and presence, we come home to ourselves.
To everyone who donated, shared, or simply believed in the vision, thank you. You’ve helped open the door for meaningful, creative, and healing encounters that will ripple far beyond the studio walls.
With collective gratitude 🌱 🙏🏼 🌻 🪄 ✨
Robyn Laycock
Transpersonal Art Therapist | Fine Artist
rel artizan studio, Applecross
