A marriage of art and craft: Florence couple opens ceramics and textiles studio in Northampton

NORTHAMPTON — Cara Taylor and Kim Rosen, a married Florence couple who each carry decades of experience working as ceramic and textile artists, respectively, have combined forces to open a joint studio and showroom. The years-vacant, roughly 1,400-square-foot site of the former Green Mountain Power Equipment store at 187 Locust St. has been transformed. Taylor’s side holds a full display of woven ceramic bowls, vases and salt-and-pepper shakers. On Rosen’s side, intricately designed fabrics and wallpapers hang on the walls. While Taylor and Rosen previously worked near one another in side-by-side studios on Cottage Street in Easthampton, they have never worked in their own shared space before. Textile and wallpaper designer Kim Rosen, left, and ceramic artist Cara Taylor talk with the Gazette during an interview at their shared studio and showroom in Florence on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo “I have been in my own space there for maybe 12 years.

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