Most work is made to order, which takes 10-14 days. We generally ship at the beginning of the week, so watch for a tracking number about two weeks after your order.

Yes and yes! Although hand washing handmade pottery is a lovely experience as you really get to know the pot!

It’s pretty durable! Please handle your pottery with care but know that it can withstand the hands of a toddler (I’ve put this to the test).

Yep! They come in several different values and never expire. Click here to purchase.

As of right now you cannot order glaze samples. Please contact me if you would like more images of a particular glaze.

Yep! I formulate my glazes to be food safe.

I luster fire to 1392 F (cone 018), bisque fire to 1940 degrees F (Cone 04), and glaze fire to 2160 degrees F (Cone 6). These temperatures vary slightly depending on the speed and the amount of work in the kiln.

Cones are a mixture of clay and glaze designed by the ceramics industry to properly measure the correct temperature of a kiln firing. Since the temperature of the air inside the kiln can differ from the temperature of the clay and glazes (think a warm brick wall in the evening), we use these handy cones to gauge the temperature, when the cone that correlates to the temperature of the glaze ‘melts’, we turn off the kiln!

I use a porcelain casting slip to make all of my pottery. For hand built pieces I use a porcelain clay body.

I love visitors! Please contact me to set up a visit.

Ceramics is a labor and time intensive medium. I use handmade molds to cast all of my pottery. These molds can take anywhere from 1-2 weeks to design and plaster cast. Then another week to problem solve any slip casting and glaze issues. The process of pouring the mold, firing, glazing, firing, and cleaning the pieces is much shorter, but all in, there’s a good 6-8 weeks of work behind each piece I make.

Sculptures take anywhere from a day or two and up to 6 months to produce, depending on the scale! Please contact me if you would like to commission public art or sculpture.

We incorporate a lot of open and closed-loop systems in our processes. When making things in clay, we always reuse any leftover material. We perpetually reconstitute clay. When clay or glazes become contaminated, I save them. I’m working on a closed-loop product to repurpose these materials. Fingers crossed it will roll out in 2022!

I use mostly new materials for shipping, to protect the pieces, and for insurance. We use biodegradable peanuts and often shred cardboard boxes to make packing material. We don’t dump any clay or glaze waste down the drain; instead, we save in in sink traps to reuse or dispose of properly.

I love the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, which means beauty in imperfection. This goes along with another philosophy that I embrace: amor fati. Amor fati, or love of one’s fate, means everything in life is good and necessary. I translate it as accepting all that happens. And in my studio, I apply both these ideas to my work. I am a flawed imperfect human (as we all are!) and I work on embracing that which I cannot control and accepting the beauty of making with these imperfect hands.

I received my BFA at Bowling Green State University and my MFA from University of Minnesota. I have studied in Florence, as well as taken workshops at awesome craft centers around the country.

Absolutely! Buyer pays an additional fee for international shipping; please contact me before placing your order to discuss.

Yes! You can learn more on our Shipping and Care pages.

Yes I do! You can order through my Faire page, as well as Shoppe Object and Abound.