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This is where to find me: in the studio, on the land, in the work.
However you prefer to participate, there is a place for you here.
Apprenticeships, Studio Techs, and Volunteers
Il Baciarino runs on a small, devoted team — and from time to time we open the door to studio technicians, volunteers, and apprentices who want to be part of what we are building here. It’s all volunteer work. If you have a serious practice, a willingness to work hard, and a genuine interest in the life of a working agriturismo and teaching studio in Tuscany, we would love to hear from you. Find out what is currently available and some examples of what I mean. Or reach out and propose something!
Podcast - In The Studio
Available on Substack and Apple Podcasts
In the Studio is a podcast about creativity, authenticity, and the specific courage it takes to stop improving yourself long enough to make something that is actually yours. Season One is eight episodes, released every two weeks, about why the creative life gets crowded out, how to find your way back to it, and what it means to finally claim the word artist. Find it on Substack and Apple Podcasts or search In the Studio with Chandra Rice wherever you listen.
Instagram is where the studio comes to you; the clay still wet on the wheel, the bundle opening after a long steam, the olive grove in November light. It is where I share the work in progress, the experiments that did not go as planned, and the occasional glimpse of what it looks like to live and make in Tuscany. Come look over my shoulder and learn with me.
YouTube
The YouTube channel is where the teaching lives in its most immediate form — a series of videos across three playlists: What the Clay Teaches and What the Plants Know are built for makers who want to go deeper into the technical side of the practice. The Long Work is for anyone who wants to see what it actually looks like when six serious ceramicists spend six weeks making together in one of the most transformative things we offer.
What the Clay Teaches
What the Plants Know
The Long WorK
A Ceramics Residency
CHANDRARICE.CA
The website is the full picture - retreats and residencies, technical reference guides, tools, the Queen's Studio, and everything else that does not fit in a caption or a podcast episode. If you are new here, have a look around. I’m sure you’ll find something to interest you!
Our Location
Il Baciarino
Via Case di Siena snc
Vetulonia, Grosseto 58043
Tuscany, Italy
www.baciarino.com