About

Warehome Studios are comprised of three warehouse units located in beautiful Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  When we first built out our space in 2004 with the help of friends and family, we affectionately called it our “warehome”, referring to making our home in what used to be an open warehouse space with concrete walls, devoid of any windows or amenities.  After nearly a year of hard work, we began operating our two businesses in the Warehome: Anderson Ceramic & Design and Grasso Glass & Stone.  Over the years, our passion and dedication to arts have allowed us to expand our businesses to include classrooms and workspace for students, interns and experienced renters.  In 2016, we officially started our classroom and gallery space.

photo of Julie in her studio

photo of Greg in his studio (his other studio)

 

Julie Anderson

Ceramic Artist & Educator, Studio Director

Julie's sculptural ceramics work is influenced by the mountain environment and her science background in biology.  She incorporates botany, hydrology, chemistry, ecology and environmental issues into detailed organic forms. Anderson utilizes a variety of methods in creating her art work, including slab building, wheel throwing, slip casting, sprigs and press molds.  She primarily works with porcelain and white stoneware clay.  See Julie's work here. 

Greg Grasso

Glass and Stone Artist

Greg Grasso is passionate about the outdoors, having spent years as an alpine climber and guide after leaving art and design school.  Greg began pursuing stone and glass work more than 15 years ago, later discovering that stonework runs in his Italian family. In 2023, Greg finally realized his dream of starting a hot shop/glass blowing studio here at Warehome Studios.  See Greg's work here.

Mission Statement

It is our mission to provide high-quality studio space to community members and visitors.   We strive to create a welcoming and collaborative environment where all levels of artists can be involved.  We believe diversity in age, race, gender, experience and knowledge help to form a healthy artist community where the exchange of knowledge flows freely.  We hope to provide a challenging yet supportive environment for artistic growth within the studio arts medium. 

Facility Info

Warehome Studios is a creative space made up of 3 warehouse units. The first unit serves as Julie's ceramic studio and Greg's stone shop. It also houses the artists upstairs. The second unit is used as material and stone storage. This is also were you can find the large gas-fired kiln. The third unit is split into three sections; the ceramics classroom, the glass studio and upstairs is the Warehome Studios Gallery.

Facilities/equipment:

  • 8 potter’s wheels

  • e28M L&L digital electric ceramic kiln

  • e23T L&L digital electric ceramic kiln

  • 1 cubic foot Paragon digital test kiln for ceramics and glass

  • 20+ Cubic foot natural gas-fired cone 10 reduction kiln

  • Small propane-fired portable raku kiln

  • 14” Northstar Slab roller

  • Large 28” Bailey slab roller (for staff and resident artists only)

  • Fully vented Laguna spray booth with drain for glaze gathering and reuse

  • 1 HP air compressor for spray booth

  • Fully-stocked glaze lab

  • Photography studio equipment with faded backdrop (available upon request)

  • Gallery space above studio exhibiting the work of advanced renters, interns, resident artists and instructors

  • Drain traps on studio sinks

  • Banding wheels for studio use

  • Plaster and wood hump molds

  • 32+ different studio glazes for cone 6 and 10 firings

  • Combination test tile reference board including all glazes at cone 6 and 10

Additional Glass and Industrial Equipment (not directly available for students yet)

  • 5 ton fork lift

  • 10-hp compressor 

  •  Pneumatic tooling for cold-working and stone polishing

  • 23” Scutt electric glass kiln

  • 3’ x 6’ Denver Glass Machinery clamshell electric glass kiln with car-kiln base (we use this one for annealing and kiln-formed glass)

  • Vented Phoenix glass furnace (natural gas fired, using Glasma batch)

  • Pipe warmer with ribbon burner

  • Gaffers bench, blow pipes, punties, etc. for glass blowing

  • Glory hole/reheat furnace

  • Portable propane-fired glass annealer for small works (under 8”)

  • Glass cutting work tables

  • Lampworking torches