Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, pets her dog Sparky, 17, while posing for a photo by the entrance to her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Abramovitz

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, pets her dog Sparky, 17, while posing for a photo by the entrance to her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Abramovitz opened her studio Athens in 1978 after leaving her job as the head of ceramics in Case Western University, hoping to strike out on her own and be close to the clay she has sourced for her pottery. "It’s been 39 years since I moved here from my first studio in Athens. I no longer feel an attachment to my original location. I named my studio after the creek that bordered it and kept it despite my move to Shade as it’s catchy,” Abramovitz shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, uses a ribbon tool while throwing a soap dish on the pottery wheel at her studio, Rock Riffle Run Pottery, in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "These

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, uses a ribbon tool while throwing a soap dish on the pottery wheel at her studio, Rock Riffle Run Pottery, in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "These are not for sale. I'm making these as holiday gifts for my friends. Most of my friends celebrate Christmas. But I'm Jewish and supposed to celebrate Hanukkah, but it's not that big a Jewish holiday to me," Abramovitz said. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio opens up an electric kiln to remove logo mugs and pie dishes she made at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. "This

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio opens up an electric kiln to remove logo mugs and pie dishes she made at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. "This is the first stage. I'll soon be applying the glaze and then put them back into the kiln for the second firing. It's a long process," Abramovitz revealed. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, focuses on throwing a logo mug on the pottery wheel at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. "This is part of an order

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, focuses on throwing a logo mug on the pottery wheel at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. "This is part of an order of 100 mugs. I think they're gifts for the holiday season. I use custom stamps to create the logos you see on the mugs. I got the stamp made by the Ohio Is Home gift shop owner on Court Street," Abramovitz shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio paints extra terracotta garden markers while working to fulfill an order at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, November 20, 2023. "I ne

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio paints extra terracotta garden markers while working to fulfill an order at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, November 20, 2023. "I need to send this web order of three garden markers out ASAP for this customer who lives in Virginia. It's probably a Thanksgiving gift. Her grandmother had bought my garden markers many years ago when I traveled the country for trade fairs. She was pleasantly surprised she could actually find the same ones her grandmother had from all those years back. It's currently off season for garden markers, but since I'm at it, I should paint a couple more ahead of spring," Abramovitz shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio takes a look at two mugs she made from stamps of the original and updated logos of the PawPaw Festival after removing it from the kiln at the end of the first firing at her studio Rock Riffle Ru

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio takes a look at two mugs she made from stamps of the original and updated logos of the PawPaw Festival after removing it from the kiln at the end of the first firing at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. "I'm making the mug with the original logo as a gift to the festival's founder. When the festival started 25 years ago, I was commissioned to make their official gift mugs. This year I made their 25th anniversary mugs. How times flies..." Abramovitz shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Notes from past orders cover a post as Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, takes a coffee break from working on her pottery at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, Novem

Notes from past orders cover a post as Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, takes a coffee break from working on her pottery at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. "When I’m not on the pottery wheel or the kiln, I’m working on my paperwork. There’s always something I’m busy with, but I try to keep my hours short. My age has caught up,” Abramovitz revealed. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio walks up the grassy slope towards her house with her dog Sparky after leaving her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "S

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio walks up the grassy slope towards her house with her dog Sparky after leaving her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "Sparky is a 100 years old, in human years. He's almost all blind and death and relies on his sense of smell to get around. It would usually take me 5 minutes to walk back home, but with him, I'll take at least 15 minutes. Also, it gets really treacherous walking up this steep slope when the weather gets icy," Abramovitz revealed. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, waves to her neighbor Kenneth “Kenny” Meeks, of Shade, Ohio, outside her house at the end of a workday in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Abramovitz

Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, waves to her neighbor Kenneth “Kenny” Meeks, of Shade, Ohio, outside her house at the end of a workday in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Abramovitz shared that Meeks has been using her pasture for his cattle to graze on and helped her innumerous times with moving heavy sacks of clay to her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery, with his heavy machinery. “Kenny and his family are good neighbors. I’m sad about their son’s death. No parent should go through that. I’m going to go to the funeral to support them, especially his wife Rhonda,” Abramovitz shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

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