A person with shoulder-length hair, wearing a black t-shirt, working on a pottery wheel in a pottery studio. Various pottery tools and finished pottery pieces are on the work surface in front of them.
An empty office space with wooden flooring, white walls, windows allowing sunlight, framed awards or certificates on the wall, and various office supplies and equipment scattered around.
Empty room with wood flooring, some furniture and containers, sunlight coming through windows, ceiling lights, and a white wall.
Empty room under renovation with boxes, furniture, and construction materials scattered on the floor.
Four stacked cardboard boxes labeled VL-WHISPER on a wooden pallet in a parking lot, with cars, trees, and a building with a direct-to-consumer truck in the background.
A Skutt KMT-1222 Electric Kiln, placed on a wooden pallet surrounded by cardboard and foam packaging. The machine has a small logo of a sun with the word 'SKUTT' on the red panel.
Room with boxes, shelving, window with blinds, cardboard boxes of Shimpo Electric Pottery Wheels labeled "VL-WHISPER" on wood floor.
A metal table with a concrete top in a workshop or studio. In the background, there are shelves with blocks of marble or stone, a red dolly, and a mannequin torso. The floor is wood with a weathered appearance.
A partially constructed wooden frame on a hardwood floor in an indoor space, with various tools, a hand truck, and supplies scattered around the room, and some wall and ceiling damage visible.
A study or workshop room with a large wooden worktable in the foreground, covered with tools, paint buckets, and cups with straws. In the background, there are shelves with materials, a TV on the wall, and various chairs and plants.
A room under construction with a yellow and red ladder, a work table with tools and supplies, and insulation in the foreground. The room has white walls, a drop ceiling with a light panel, and wood-look flooring.
A wall with a large rectangular opening under renovation, showing exposed pipes, insulation, and wooden framing. The wall is painted bright green, and the surrounding areas show signs of construction work.
Interior of a room under renovation with construction tools on a table, a wooden frame, ladder, and construction materials.
Room with large windows with blinds, a wall-mounted television, string lights hanging from the ceiling, plants and decorations on shelves, stackable chairs on upside down tables, a white cabinet, black storage racks, a cardboard box, and cleaning spr
A room with string lights on the ceiling, shelving, a large TV, and chairs. There is a table with newspapers in the foreground.
Empty display case with a wooden top in a store or workspace, with a spray bottle and wooden board on the floor beside it, and a black mesh chair in front.
An office or workshop with a wooden table, black chairs, a metal cart filled with white bricks, and a white cabinet. There are windows with blinds, some tools and objects on shelves, a laptop on the table, and a flooring that looks like wood.
An industrial-style workspace with tables, chairs, shelves, storage bins, and string lights hanging from the ceiling.
Workshop with tables, shelves, plants, and various tools and supplies, including jars, a saw, and a box of batteries.
Room with empty wooden shelves on wall, various tools, a large bucket and containers of paint or chemicals on tables, and some hanging hardware or metal bars leaning against the wall.
Six glass jars with metal clamp lids, containing various colored pastes or creams, are stacked two high on a shelf. A small white ceramic figurine of a sleeping dog is placed in front of the jars, against a textured white wall background.
A door with a sign saying 'This is a safe space. Racism, bigotry, sexism, and discrimination will not be tolerated.' There are additional stickers, including a rainbow flag and one with the words 'Amor Salinas' with a heart design.
A pegboard with various woodworking tools, mainly different types of carving gouges, hanging on hooks.
Several bags of white clay with labels, some open, on a wooden surface near a window.

The Story

The studio was once the office of Owner Levi Jimenez, a Sustainability consultant for Commercial Real Estate. Once moving into a larger office, the suite became available, and the first home of Toki Kinship Ceramics.With an awesome landlord, an a sturdy investment of time and capital, our little studio was born. From February to July 2026, incremental steps were taken toward developing a community ceramics studio in Salinas.

These photos, for now, tell our story, but will eventually be replaced by photos of members, their work…

…and the good times yet to come.