New to Milwaukee, Francesco and Rebecca Carra work together in their home studio creating wheel-thrown, functional pottery. With over 8 years of production pottery experience in Italy, Francesco does the bulk of the throwing work while Rebecca assists with glazing large batch orders and utilizes her 13 years as a professional photographer to share the work online. Each design choice they make - from the size of a handle to the bottom of a bowl - is informed by creating beautiful moments within all of our everyday necessities; encouraging us all to slow down from our typical frenetic pace. Their pieces are crafted with intention and best enjoyed over long, slow meals as they work to bring a small piece of “la dolce vita” to the States. Taking linguistic liberties with the translation, their studio name, Carra Terra, can be loosely translated to "beloved earth" - what better name for a ceramics studio!
