How are your pieces built? What technique?

My pieces are handbuilt (meaning I do not use a wheel). Most of my pieces are built using coils, which is a slow, fun process. Sometimes I use a slab over mold, but I much prefer coiling. Once a piece is finished, I dry it slowly and carefully to ensure it will not break. Then it gets fired a first time. After that, usually about a week later, it comes out as bisque and is ready for glazing. I use a single glaze or sometimes a combination of glazes. Then the piece is fired again in a Cone 10 kiln. This takes another few days. After all of that, I head to the final shelf where I hope to find my ceramics in one piece and looking as good as I intended! Ceramic can be a tricky, challenging process. A lot can go wrong, and there are always surprises—sometimes good, sometimes not so good!

Do you ship internationally?

I ship smaller ceramics worldwide. If your country is not listed at checkout, contact me and I can add it. Larger ceramics will not ship international at this time, due to a higher risk of breakage.

What kind of breed is the dog on your pieces?

The dogs in my creation are not breed-specific. These are pre-breed. Think ancient dog, early stages of domestication perhaps, or before humans decided to design breeds.

How do you choose your pricing?

I am a full-time artist, not a hobbyist, and this is how I make a living. My ceramics are unique, and infused with sacred stories.

I hand build each piece, usually using coils, which is a slow process. Some take up to two weeks to be completed.

I rent a studio and pay glazing and firing fees for each piece. I try to offer a variety of prices for every budget, but this is the cost of a small, hand-built collection of sacred objects.