Fina Grimes (they/he/she) works primarily within communal studios, where making is inseparable from community. They have found their ceramics home at The Pottery Gym in North Philadelphia and also work at Drexel University's Annex wood shop.

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Care is the foundation of their practice. They approach making as an act of care—for themselves, for the materials they shape, for the shared spaces that sustain their work, and for the people they reach through their art and the knowledge they share.

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Their practice grew from an innate need to make: to work with their hands, to move through the world with intention, and to find community as a queer and chronically ill person. Through craft, they explore the ways creative labor can foster connection, reciprocity, and belonging.

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