Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Ceramics invites you, the modern nomad, to experience Miami like an artist, exploring the city's vibrant scene with a fresh perspective. Discover new restaurants, bars, cafes, hotels, and breweries while unleashing your inner artist.
We believe that art is everywhere, and that everyone can be an artist - so our mission is to connect people with art and inspiration in unexpected places.
how it started
It all started in the summer of 2020 with a broken handmade family heirloom that we fixed with the Japanese method of kintsugi (highlighting the imperfections with gold)
…as we put the pieces together, our curiosity about pottery began, and a few weeks later, our 1st wheel arrived in the mail. For months during lockdown, we would count the minutes to close our laptops and play with clay. Pottery (and the beach) is what kept us sane and joyful during that crazy year, which is why we decided to open a studio in our home and share this meditative art with others.
Growing a community of Artists in Miami
These 100 year old houses where the first taste of Entrepreneurship — blood, sweat, tears, plumbing, electrical, recycling clay — experience for us. Unexpectedly, we grew our hobby to a small business sustaining a team of employees, and opening its doors to over a thousand volunteers. It was an incredible vortex of art and peace in the middle of the noisy city.
From 2021 to 2024, we grew Miami’s largest Ceramics and Art complex out of our home in Edgewater — where over 16,000 casual artists played with Clay, learned a new craft and, for a few hours — under our mango trees — were off their phones.
Discover Miami as an Artist.
In the summer of 2024, due to many unforeseen circumstances (and life lessons) we suddenly lost our studio and home - so for a year, MIAMI was our studio. We were like pottery/art gypsies that created our makeshift art studio all over the city — at restaurants and bars, at museums, parks, hotels — converting them into a third space for creatives and art curious locals. We are soooo grateful to all the small businesses that opened their doors to our community.
In 2025, we opened El Studio by OCISLY
El Studio is a cozy space that invites you to create more and consume less. Nothing here needs to be perfect, art just needs to spark curiosity, and bring joy.
Here we offer Wheel Throwing for Beginners classes and workshops, Art Café where you can choose your medium and create freely, we exhibit art by local artists every month and soon — we will offer memberships.
Our Founders
Cristina and Adam took Pottery on as a hobby during the 2020 lockdown and became super passionate about Ceramics - so they decided to open a space where other creatives and anyone curious about Pottery could vibe and make art together.
Cristina grew up in the Dominican Republic. She is a Growth & Marketing Strategist with over 12 years of experience working with early-stage Startups, and corporate B2B. She is passionate about creating experiences that bring people together, building a community, and creating impact through disruptive technology and conscious entrepreneurship.
Adam is from Ohio but moved to Miami a few years ago. He is a UX UI Designer, with experience in software development, and many maaaany arts and crafts. Nowadays, most of his time is dedicated to creating beautiful pottery (ask us about his ceramic bongs!). He loves science. space and music.
