Place settings are by far our most common special order pots. We offer a lovely selection of glazes for you to choose from. Below are images of some of our most popular glazes.
This is our "Blue" glaze. It is actually a cobalt pigment over a cream glaze. We incise through the pigment to reveal the glaze beneath. The pattern is inspired by ancient Chinese ceramics.
This is our "Black" glaze. It is an iron bearing glaze that is sometimes almost solid black and sometimes has many flecks of color in reds, greens and yellows.
These pictures both show our "Shino" glaze. This is a beautiful glaze that can range in color from white, cream, tan, and orange. The pots pictured have trails of a greenish glaze over them as well.
The approximate turn-around time for place settings is 8 to 12 weeks since we only fire about six times a year. The price for one setting is $78, which includes a dinner plate, a side plate, and a soup bowl. The usual numbers ordered are six, eight, ten or twelve and there are considerable discounts for orders of six or more. We also have a wide variety of mugs and tumblers, as well as serving bowls and platters to accent your settings. Please call or email for more information.
We are happy to consider other special orders as well. Please call or email us to see if we would be willing to do what you have in mind. Most of the orders we take are for pots that fit in with the rest of our body of work and allow us to work in our own unique style.
This is our "Ash over Red Slip" glaze combination. This beautiful combination of colors comes from glazing the pot with a high iron slip and combing through it to reveal the clay body underneath. The pot is then glazed with our ash glaze.
This is our "PB over Red Slip" glaze. We glaze the pots with a red clay slip, wipe the decoration through the slip and then glaze over the top of that with a celadon glaze.
This is our "Ash over white slip" glaze. We glaze the pots with a white clay slip and wipe the decoration through the slip to expose the clay body underneath. We then glaze the pots with our Ash glaze- which is composed of red clay, ashes and granite dust.
You can customize your place setting by adding a wide variey of complimentary dishes such as platters, serving bowls, serving boats, slab dishes etc... Use your imagination!
Commemorative pieces are glazed with our light green celadon glaze and hand-carved for your special event. The writing does not show up very well in these pictures so please click on the picture for a larger image.
We also receive numerous requests for commemorative plates and platters. These make great gifts for weddings, anniversaries, births etc...
