We love seeing our handmade vessels serving their purpose. Small Stump created the most beautiful succulent arrangement in one of our custom-glazed tuck pots and I had to share an image.

I also dropped by Life and Limb today to hand off some tripod pots and saw these small tripod pots providing a home for teeny tiny cacti. Excuse the crummy iPhone photo, you get the idea.

We’ve been very focused on work for the garden and plants lately and are excited to soon reveal a few new designs – including a hanging planter with braided leather strings and another we’ve dubbed the “marsupial pot”. Stay tuned…

My lovely, lovely studio assistant (lifesaver and all around porcelain warrior) Heidi Sowa launched her website over the weekend. It was such a pleasure to look through her body of work and see her other non-pottery projects as well (well hello there awesome puppet costumes). I’m especially in love with the dishware at left in the soft blue-green (the very dishware that spurred me to inquire, “Do you want a job?”) that she throws and morphs on the wheel. Everything has a very natural, organic quality while still being distinctly modern. It’s something about the contrast of smooth, almost utilitarian shapes adorned with coils and soft folds that is oh so nice.  She will be displaying her wares on the waterfront at the Rose Festival on May 25 — be sure to go say hello and perhaps buy a mug or vessel while you’re there.

Hi Lovelies…We’ve moved a few things around here on the website and refreshed the “collections” page for a hopefully better viewing experience. Nothing drastic, mind you. We are also so pleased to share that one of our favorite local stores, Ink and Peat, will be carrying Pigeon Toe in their shop starting mid-month, just as soon as we get those darn legs attached to the tripod pots and off into the kiln! Please do stop by Pam’s lovely store later this May if you’re in the Northern Portland area — it is a art and design lover’s dream come true (not to mention the flowers, OH the flowers….) and say hello to my little pots.

{Photo of Ink & Peat from Housemartin}

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.