ceramics

December 2025

Holiday Sale, Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

Display of colorful pottery and ceramic bowls on a table with a black and white polka dot tablecloth at a craft or art fair.
Three women standing together at a social event, smiling. One woman is holding a drink, another has a purse, and they are in a decorated room with tables and other people in the background.

November 2025

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

Yasmine Kiss in glasses and an apron working on a clay sculpture in a pottery studio.
Hand-drawn sketches of four holiday-themed panels, including angels, a dragon, Christmas trees, and candles.

September 2025

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

Ceramic art sculptures resembling a whale and anchor, painted in white, blue, black, and brown.
Decorative ceramic shield featuring a painted skeleton and a cat below it, with a yellow crescent moon in the top left corner and star patterns around the border.
Decorative ceramic shield with black and white spiral pattern and star shapes, featuring green and yellow spotted snakes coiled around it.
Colorful two-handled ceramic vase with a face, featuring detailed facial features and a red and white striped base.
Two-handled vase with a face made out of reddish-brown clay, before it is fired in the kiln.

July 2025

Beginner Wheel Class with Ian Privett at BKLY Clay (West) in Tribeca, New York City

Five unfired clay pots on a wire shelving unit against a white brick wall and orange background.
A gray and brown tabby cat sitting on a beige carpet in front of three striped ceramic bowls in muted blue, red, and orange.

Beginner Botanical Drawing with Sarah Wry at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, New York City

June 2025

A dried branch with buds, a fallen leaf, a small nut, and a ruler on a white surface, with a sketch of the branch on a piece of paper in the foreground.

"Figure" It Out workshop with Judy Robkin at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina

June 2025

Yasmine Kiss holding two ceramic figurines of people with elongated bodies, one wearing a crown.
Two elongated ceramic sculptures of people, one wearing a crown and the other wearing glasses, waiting to be fired in the kiln.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett and guest teacher Ellen Gelber at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

May 2025

Hand-drawn colorful diagram of a ceramics piece, with sections labeled as different coral types and fish in pink, bright yellow, slate blue, and green.
A tall, three-tiered ceramic sculpture of a lighthouse with windows and a seahorse at the base, all painted in soft pastel colors, on a pottery workshop table.

Beginner Wheel Class with Nanette Ronner at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

March 2025

Outside of a ceramic bowl with a nautical scene featuring a lighthouse, buildings, and water, painted in blue, black, and white.
Inside of a decorative bowl featuring a smiling sun with rays, a moon with a face, and clouds, all painted in blue, black, and white.
Underside of a hand-painted ceramic bowl with a beige and blue geometric pattern. A chop with the initials 'YK' is in the center inside a blue oval with white dots.
Colorful ceramic cups with abstract and geometric patterns arranged in a pyramid-like structure on a white background.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett and guest teacher Ellen Gelber at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

January 2025

A hand-painted ceramic bowl with a cityscape and cloud design, waiting to be fired in a kiln.
Hand-drawn diagram of a ceramic bowl with different designs including mountains, a river, a cityscape, and a night sky with a crescent moon and stars.
Handmade ceramic planter box decorated with leaves and cotton boll designs, with a braided rim.
Another angle on a ceramic planter box decorated with leaves and cotton boll designs, with a braided rim.

December 2024

Studio work

A colorful, round ceramic dish before kiln firing, depicting a pale blue night sky with yellow stars and a yellow crescent moon wearing a crown, bordered by a decorative purple and green pattern.
A colorful, round ceramic dish after kiln firing, depicting a pale blue night sky with yellow stars and a yellow crescent moon wearing a crown, bordered by a decorative purple and green pattern.
A hand-drawn sketch of a ceramics piece with a face surrounded by concentric circles, a crown above the face and a single eye in the center of the face.
Decorative oval ceramics piece with a hand-painted scene of a yellow sun with eyes, mountains, clouds, and birds, surrounded by a red and pink striped border.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett and guest teacher Ellen Gelber at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

November 2024

Handmade ceramic bowl painted in blue, green, white, and red and decorated with leaf and flower patterns.
A ceramic bowl with a hand-painted interior design of pink snakes and black outlined leaves.
A ceramic vessel with a wide bowl on a pedestal base, glazed in dark gray and terracotta colors, with black glaze inside.
A ceramic vessel with a wide bowl on a pedestal base, glazed in dark gray and terracotta colors, before firing.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett and guest teacher Ellen Gelber at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

September 2024

A small ceramic bowl with decorative holes in it, resting on a circular base, glazed in pale blue, pink, and purple.
A small ceramic bowl with decorative holes in it, resting on a circular base, glazed in pale blue, pink, and purple.
Hand-drawn diagram of a small ceramic bowl with decorative holes.

June 2024

Majolica with Janet Belden at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

A rectangular ceramic tray with a dark blue border decorated with white stars, and a pale bue interior featuring a whale in shades of blue and green.
The underside of a rectangular ceramic tray with a black-and-white border. Inside the unglazed bottom of the tray is a chop with the initials "YK."
Colorful rectangular ceramic dish with a blue border and a painting of a green dragon encircling a brown building, lifting the top of the building off. Black text around the border reads "Get This Into You."

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

May 2024

A small ceramic pitcher with a handle and a long lip, with a textured beige exterior decorated with blue stars and lines, and blue glaze inside.
A small ceramic pitcher with a handle and a long lip, with a textured beige exterior decorated with blue stars and lines, and blue glaze inside.
An unfired reddish-colored ceramic pitcher with a gray handle, green braiding around the lip, and a sculpted gray mouse peeking out of the bottom.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Andrew Cornell Robinson at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

March 2024

A colorful ceramic vase shaped like a face with exaggerated features including a long orange nose, pink cheeks, and small blue eyes, with a striped pattern on the top and base.
Hand-drawn sketches of various cartoon face designs with annotations explaining features and colors.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Andrew Cornell Robinson at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

January 2024

A blue and terracotta-colored ceramic dish with decorative holes, featuring a moon with a face in the center.
Hand-drawn sketch of a whimsical sun with a face, sitting on a patterned moon with stars and vertical lines beneath.
A blue-glazed ceramic dish with a moon face in the center and small decorative holes all over the surface.

Intermediate Handbuilding with Kate Missett at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

November 2023

A ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted beetle design at the center.
A ceramic bowl with a cream-colored bottom and black exterior, placed upside down. The bottom has the handwritten word 'JERRY' with a heart symbol.

September 2023

Beginner Handbuilding with Abigail Regner at Community Arts Pottery Studio, Westside YMCA in New York City

A small handmade ceramic mug with a beige speckled body and a blue rim and handle.