Dirt Floor Studios is the combined studio space and platform for artists Justin Sutera and Silene DeCiucies. Justin and Silene live in Northern Vermont where they harvest and prepare local materials and create their work.
Please use the contact page to get in touch concerning special orders, workshop requests or any other inquiries. We are actively seeking out restaurants, coffee shops and specialty food shops to partner with, so please drop a line if you/your business is interested in working with us! Work can be purchased through the shop page of this website, at local retailers listed below, or at intermittent craft shows that will be advertised on this website. Thank you for taking time to peruse the site; it is a work in progress!
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Our work can be found
at the following retail locations:
Front Seat Coffee, Hardwick VT
NEK Artisans Guild, St Johnsbury VT
The Miller's Thumb Gallery, Greensboro VT
Moss Boutique, Morrisville VT
Aspen Museum of Art Shop, Aspen CO
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Justin Sutera
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Wilderness Craftsman
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Justin Sutera is a nature connection mentor, wilderness skills instructor, healer, and craftsman. He studied Conservation Biology in undergraduate, and outside of formal school has studied at the Tracker School and Wilderness Fusion. Justin is particularly passionate about natural basketry, as well as bow making. If he's not in the studio crafting he's likely out in the woods tracking, wandering, or hunting.
Silene DeCiucies
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Potter
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Silene is a soil scientist as well as potter, and it turns out these two professions go together quite nicely. She is primarily self-taught, but has apprenticed with several incredible female potters in Central NY. She aspires to bring simple, elegant art into everyday life through her work which is why she loves the gentle nuance of reduction-cooled surfaces. Silene built her anagama style wood kiln and fires it several times per year.
Dirt Floor Studios​
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Origin​
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The name for Silene and Justin's collective studio has very literal roots. They both started their artistic careers while living in a small cabin in Newfield NY that had a dirt floor porch where both artists created lots of pots and baskets.