Do you make custom pieces?

I do NOT do custom work. I still consider myself a beginner, a novice! I am learning so much every single day. Pottery is incredibly humbling and unpredictable at times, so I cannot guarantee any specific outcome. I can’t guarantee a size, a shape, or even a specific color - simply because I am just not good enough!

Currently, I make what makes me happy and what I hope will make you happy. I want my art to stand out in your cupboard; not match the dinner set you got at Costco ; )

Can I put my pottery in the dishwasher?

YES! You can, don’t be scared! In fact, I run everything through the dishwasher before it gets packed and shipped.

All of my pottery pieces are dishwasher safe, microwave safe, and oven safe (unless specified otherwise in the listing).

How will I know when pieces will be listed for sale?

Follow my social media accounts to see updates about website update launches!

Everything gets made in small batches because I am only one person working with one small kiln. My goal is to make as many pieces as I can in a month, then release all those items on to the website at once at a date and time that I announce on social media.

I also sell at craft fairs! Again, because there’s a limit to how much I can produce with one small kiln, some times I will not list the items for sale online in order to have a stocked booth at an upcoming fair. If this is the case, I will be communicating that on my social media.

How do you make this stuff?

Long Answer -

• Almost everything I make is thrown on a pottery wheel. It starts as a lump of clay, then it spins really fast on a pottery wheel as I shape it with my hands. Once I have the relative shape I want, I set it to dry for a bit. Once it reaches a dried state called leather hard, I trim and refine the shape. I also add a handle to mugs at this stage. Then the piece is slowly dried completely. Once it reaches a state called “bone dry”, I fire it in the kiln for the first time to Cone 04, which is about 1980 degrees F. It takes about 7.5 hours to fire, then another 8ish hours to cool. This is called a bisque fire. After the bisque fire, I glaze each piece by hand. Often times, there are 6 layers of glaze applied, sometimes more. After the glaze has completely dried to the surface of the piece, it goes back into the kiln a second time at a higher temp - we just call this a glaze fire, or a high fire. This temp I fire to is about a Cone 6, or roughly 2230 degrees F. It takes about 10.5 hours to fire, then about 10 hours to cool. After this I do some refining like sanding the bottoms, and then I have a beautiful piece of pottery!

Short Answer -

• I make it, all of it, by hand!

What materials do you use?

Clay - I use Laguna B-Mix 10 clay; it is a white stoneware clay that can be fired up to Cone 10.

Glazes - I use high fire glazes by Amaco and Mayco. If you ever want to know what a particular glaze combo on a piece is, I will be more than happy to share my exact process for glazing that piece!

Kiln - I have a Skutt 818 kiln with the touch screen controller.

Firing schedule - I use what is often referred to as the Camille Hoffman firing schedule. It is a drop and soak method, which means that I fire to a hot Cone 5 to a max temp of 2160 degrees F, a controlled cool-down to 1900 degrees, followed by a 30 minute hold at that temperature. After that 30 min hold, it’s a controlled cool down to room temp. Takes about 10.5 hours to fire, and another 8-10 hours to cool.