About Adagio Studio
Lorna began working with clay in 1998 when her daughter, Leigh Taylor Mickelson, was working at Baltimore Clayworks, and said, “Mom, come take a class!” Her son Brian had just gone off to college and the empty nest was calling for something to fill the gap. As soon as she started working on the wheel, Lorna knew that she had found her niche and wished she had started years earlier.

Clay became an obsession, and Lorna was found working in the Baltimore Clayworks classrooms almost every day. She enrolled in every wheel class they offered, sometimes taking two classes at a time. Her determination and efforts in the studio soon became fruitful, and she happily found herself able to control what she could create on the wheel.

After about three years of classes and several extra workshops, Lorna asked if she could start teaching at Baltimore Clayworks and they accepted her immediately. She enjoyed teaching several Beginner wheel classes, and later taught Cone 6 glaze classes. A highlight of her learning experience was a two-week workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. It was there that she was encouraged to continue working on the beginning concepts of the pots that she is now making.

Several life changes brought Lorna to live in Annapolis, Maryland, where her husband built her a studio in the back yard so she could continue her passion. With the windows and door open to the flower garden, Lorna is happily making the pots that she has dreams about and hopes to continue her work for years to come.