In the months after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, the Allied star found solace behind a lump of clay. Pitt posted up at his sculptor pal Thomas Houseago’s studio for weeks, creating art as a way to ward off “scenarios of fiery demise in my mind,” he told GQ Style for a 2017 cover story.
Later, a British tabloid reported that Pitt had installed a sculpting studio in his own Los Angeles home, and that he and his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood costar Leonardo DiCaprio were having pottery “boys’ nights.” We can’t confirm that this is true, though of course we hope it is. But whether or not DiCaprio actually tried his hand at making a pinch pot, in the years since Pitt’s revelation, more stars have taken up the craft.
One of the most notable is Seth Rogen, who modeled some of the products sold by his cannabis and home goods company, Houseplant, after things he made on the pottery wheel. When he recently showed off the brand’s headquarters in an Open Door video, fans saw that the office is adorned with gloopy orbs, perfectly proportioned ashtrays, and other clay creations.
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Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen (she also does pottery) built a studio in their garage “because we just didn’t like leaving our dog at home,” he told AD in an interview at the time of Houseplant’s launch. There, they have all the tools they need to make ceramics in the comfort of their own home, and Rogen has even experimented with making his own brightly-colored glazes. “We were so scared to get [a kiln] at first, but we have fired the kilns over 200 times by now. It really demystifies the process,” he said.