Welcome to The Studio Journal
Not just what is made. But everything that makes it.
A living archive of what moves us, what we make, and why it matters.
This is more than a journal about beautiful things.
It’s a space to explore the world behind them. A place to remember that craft is never just about the object.It’s about the rhythm, the roots, and the silent ways we evolve through what we make and who we make it with.
Welcome in.
Cleopatra | What She Taught Me in the Not Knowing
Cleopatra is often remembered as queen, beauty and seductress, but her deeper codes live in the space beyond titles. In the stillness before her final breath, she embodied a different kind of sovereignty: not the power of control, but the grace of surrender. Her presence reminds us that uncertainty is not a collapse of clarity but a passage into deeper truth. Power is not always in action, but in how we hold ourselves when the path dissolves, when nothing makes sense, when we meet the void. Even then, especially then, we are still sovereign.
Slowing Down with Clay: The Story of Martina Geroni
From architecture to clay, Italian ceramic artist Martina Geroni has shaped a life that values presence over speed.
In her studio, each vessel is an act of patience and a mirror of her own transformation. Through techniques like Kurinuki (carving away to reveal form) she finds not just beauty, but release.
Her work carries her grandmother’s recipes, her own questions of balance and the quiet courage of choosing a slower path.
In this conversation, Martina shares how clay taught her to center, what it means to subtract in order to become and why women should live their talent fully.
Rita Levi-Montalcini | The Eros of Devotion
What if Eros is not only desire but devotion, clarity, and discipline? The Eros of Devotion redefines feminine power beyond performance and attraction. Through the story of Nobel Prize–winning scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, we see how true magnetism arises not from being pleasing but from staying true to one’s calling. In wartime Italy, forbidden to teach or publish, Rita set up a makeshift lab in her bedroom and pursued her research with unwavering focus. She embodied devotion not for recognition but because she couldn’t not do it. Her story expands our understanding of Eros as the pulse that anchors us in integrity, even in silence. For women tired of performing, this reflection is an invitation to stop explaining and start expressing. An invitation to honor the truth that clarity itself is eros.
The Most Enduring Beauty Is Woven Slowly
At Su Trobasciu in Sardinia, women weave as their mothers and grandmothers once did.
Each rug and tapestry carries patience, memory and resilience, reminding us that the strongest beauty is never rushed.
It is woven slowly, in cloth, in love, and in life.
From Fear to Freedom: An Artisan’s Journey Beyond Judgment
Every artisan knows the voice: not ready, not worthy, not enough. This is the tribunal within: the echo of judgment that makes us hesitate to share our work. Yet fear is not the end of the path, but the threshold. When we dare to step through, we discover courage, connection and the freedom to create.
THE ART OF CARE: Plants and Ancient Wisdom, Modern Makers
The Art of Care: Why Plant Remedies Matter for Women’s Health and Transformation
Across generations, women have turned to plants not just for healing but for resilience, beauty, and connection. From chamomile to sage, roses to resins, these remedies have always been more than alternatives. They are part of a feminine lineage of care that shaped daily life and transformation.
In today’s fast-paced world, where health is often reduced to quick fixes and beauty to surface, a return to plant remedies feels both radical and necessary.
Made By Her believes that plants are not only allies in physical wellbeing but also companions in personal growth, helping us remember wholeness and reconnect with the rhythms of nature. Supporting women artisans who create with plants means honoring sustainability, tradition, resilience and keeping alive the art of care as an essential part of our future.
Conscious Living Is the Real Craft
Conscious living isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence.
In this piece, we explore how choosing to live with intention transforms not just what we create, but how we show up in the world. For women who make with their hands and hearts, presence is the real signature. This is where the craft begins: not with the object, but with the energy behind it.
The Kurinuki Way: Subtracting to Become
Kurinuki is more than a ceramic technique. It’s a quiet revolution. In a world of constant addition, it teaches us the beauty of subtraction. Meet Italian artist Martina Geroni and discover how carving clay can become a ritual of becoming.
Your Home Is a Frequency Field
Your home is not just a backdrop. It’s alive. It remembers. It mirrors you. In this powerful reflection on Feng Shui, craft, and energy, we explore how the objects you choose, especially handmade ones, don’t just decorate your space, they shape your life.
Because when women create with presence, their work becomes medicine for the home and portals for transformation.
The Art of Alchemization
What if the act of creation was never just about the object, but about you?
In the hands of a woman shaping clay, thread, or gold, there’s a secret: she’s not just making art, she’s becoming it. This isn’t just a story about artisans. It’s a revelation. A remembering. That we are all alchemists of our lives, shaping pain into power, chaos into beauty, and mess into meaning. This is the real masterpiece: the woman becoming herself.