I’ve been a madwoman around the studio these days, trying to get loads of orders finished while developing some new pieces and planning, planning, planning. I’m not yet ready to reveal the tricks up my sleeve but I promise that the future looks mighty bright for Pigeon Toe. One thing that is happening soon is new product photos as well as some in-studio shots of me at work. I will be collaborating with the lovely and amazing photographer Lisa Warninger to make all my photo dreams come true. My main inspiration for the upcoming shoot came from the photo to the left. How gorgeous is the rustic/modern aesthetic of the photo of Ted Muehling’s ceramic designs? I love the play of light and the contrast of the creamy porcelain with the rough tabletop. You may recognize his porcelain branch candlesticks that have been floating around the blogosphere., I love almost everything he has to offer in his nature-inspired ceramic line.

New work in a delicious matte lemon tone and cute duos of creamers and cups by Friday. Oh la la!

Check out the new additions to our glaze collection, just in time for Spring. We will soon be adding a new line of paired pieces — one each of porcelain and a matching piece in espresso-colored stoneware. We also have a new piece in our furrow collection, called the planed bowl.

I’m loving this tapered-leg serving bowl (called the Plumage Serving Bowl) embellished by Kelly Britton-Andreini — the sweet feathers and hint of salmon around the rim is so fresh and spring-like. The first pieces are available to ship now in our Etsy shop and we are taking prerorders in our shop for the remaining 4 of each design.

We have the first designs by Alia Smith and Kelly Britton-Andreini coming out of a glaze fire tomorrow — the 3 new pieces by these lovely ladies are called the Nesting Bowl (by Alia), Fringe Pitcher, and Plumage Tripod Serving Bowl (both by Kelly). We are very excited about all of them and will have images and the pieces up for sale tomorrow afternoon. The image at left is a sneak preview of the Nesting Bowl design.

PTC+ is an ongoing collaborative project between Pigeon Toe Ceramics and our favorite local artists; each piece is hand-thrown and then hand-painted. Designs are sold as a limited series of 5 although each will be specially unique because of their completely handmade process.

We’d also like to welcome two online shops into the Pigeon Toed fold — Fey Handmade will be carrying pieces from the Askew and Raw collection online out of New Jersey, and Small Stump, based in California, will be carrying a selection of our planters with exclusive glaze combinations for their lovely arrangements. These stores will have their first pieces in stock in about three weeks! Three cheers!

When: April 3rd & 4th : Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm
Where: Olio United : 1028 SE Water Ave. Portland OR 97214

Along with Portland designers MothLove, Destiny Ray Jewelry, Emily Katz, and Lindsey Reif, we’ll be selling our seconds, samples, and one-of-a-kinds at sweet discounts, like the creamer to the left that has a small glaze defect. Pay us a visit and pick up a lovingly handmade Portland-designed item while you’re at it, at a steal of a price.