Kala Stein is a ceramic artist who explores the limitless potentials of clay through slip casting, throwing, hand building, and tile work. Kala’s education in ceramic art spans from academia to apprenticeship. She received her undergraduate degree in ceramics from SUNY New Paltz. While a ceramist at Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Kala made historical tile while teaching others the art of tile making. Her apprenticeship under Donna Polseno and Richard Hensley, of 16 Hands Pottery in Floyd, Virginia, was a pivotal for her ceramics career. After receiving her Master in Fine degree from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University she was invited to stay as a visiting instructor, where she now balances full time teaching and her own studio practice.