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Jennifer McCurdy: McCurdy lives and works in Martha's Vineyard and has been making pottery for 25 years. She's the one Alhadeff imagines working for someone like Rosenthal, but he's never broached the subject with her. "When I think about manufacturing — especially the realm of manufacturing craft — this is an interesting place for companies to be looking for talent in," he says. "But these people would never seek out production opportunities. Their world is so insulated that it’s like a little bubble, but they're working exactly the way they want, on their own terms, and it's working for them."