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Boys Boys Boys Boys Boys!

Im having a boy! And such is the inspiration for my little one off line of boy inspired place settings. Yes, I know, its all guns and bombs and knives and godzillas. My sisters response was what about supporting a culture of PEACE?! Well he's not born yet, so it is what it is.

Next on the list of new and exciting things going on in HappyClayland - SERVING PLATTERS! FINALLY! and giant serving bowls which are so pretty I dont want to ship them off to the gallery that just bought two sets because I'm not done looking at them yet. Tomorrow...I'll get to that tomorrow...here, look at them with me :)

Wow what a summer! To my surprise I learned this summer that I've been making more than ceramic art - I'm also making a baby! I found out I was pregnant in July and had to take things easy the first trimester. But I'm well into my second trimester now and am back to my happy clay land studio. You have no idea how hard it was to stay out of the studio for eight weeks. I was going stirrrrrrrr crazy to say the least.


Well great new things are happening in the studio. This week alone I finally completed the plaster moulds for some new products. GIANT salad serving bowls or punch bowls depending on how you use them. Oval platters, round platters and/or chargers.

I also have three separate kiln load batches in production at once. The orders have been coming in like crazy so I'm having a blast working my tail off.

The poor neglected Etsy shop is soon to be filled and brimming with new product and thank goodness because Christmas is getting close. The new platters and serving ware wont be debuting until the first week of November unfortunately. The plaster takes a longgggg time to dry. Patience, patience. It's so hard to wait.

The spring was a time of fulfilling many store orders and I didn't have much time to post new work. I made a set of bowls for my best girl Yana's birthday and have fallen absolutely in love with the pattern I created for them. I call it 'Gigi the Parisian Gypsy'. I reused that pattern on several pieces in one of my latest batches and cant seem to get enough of it.

I'm about to finalize my four piece place settings and am having visions of a table full of this high energy design.







I also got to be a contributing artist this summer in Baltimore Clayworks "More than Skin Deep" exhibition.
I submitted two pieces from my personal collection and I'm happy to report they both sold :) - though they will be missed.

Two big shipments have gone out in the last week. One to a new store I'm selling in, ALICE in Stone Harbor, NJ. And another huge batch went out to Hanover Gallery in Chatanooga, TN. If you are in either areas please check out the shops and my work!

I'm really rockin and rolling lately, have a lot of orders to fill. On an 8-10 week turnaround at the moment and feeling the heady bliss of being overwhelmed coupled with knocking them out of the park each time. Can't ask for more than that!



It's definately time to start shopping around for a second kiln to increase production. Wow. Did I just type that? Seems too hard to believe. SO EXCITING!


Here are the latest pieces out of the kiln. Already shipped off. I know my etsy shop is being terribly neglected, but I cant seem to make these pieces fast enough! Wahoo!

Be patient, though, I'm working my booty off and I'm sure to fulfill these orders soon and get some stuff onto Etsy. But if you cant wait, you can also check out some of the shops my work is selling in ... hint hint :)

I was contacted by Hanover Gallery in Chattanooga TN about a month or two ago with a request to make some place settings for the opening show at their new location. I hadnt yet tried plates out yet, but I was up for the challenge. (I had INTENTED on trying plates for a few months but was procrastinating the heck out of it because...ugh...sometimes I just procrastinate...like a pro)

I told the gallery owner I would give it a shot and lo and behold the plates/place settings idea turned out to be a great one - I'm so excited about the results.

I call these 'lunch' or 'dessert' place settings because the plates are small. Comming soon - BEEEEG plates!

Here is a great link and write up about the event last Friday night at Brooklyn Collective where my work was shown amongst a ton of other brilliant artists! The store belongs to my gorgeous friend Tessa Williams and the store/gallery was PACKED! It was a fantastic turnout and wouldve been the perfect night if I hadnt left my iphone in the taxicab on the way out of there - whoops! Free wine will do that to you...

LINK --->BROOKLYN COLLECTIVE