Wheel-thrown Pioneer Dark with Speckles stoneware | 4.5" diameter × 3.5" tall | Fully glazed interior | Oregon clay
Two glazes walked into a kiln. What came out was this.
This planter was wheel-thrown in my Portland studio from Pioneer Dark with Speckles — warm, iron-rich stoneware with non-toxic black glass frit speckles that have strong opinions about every glaze applied over them. The body is finished in Cerulean Satin by Coyote Clay — a deep blue that absorbs light and draws the eye — and then, over the hand-carved dot texture, Nimbus from Coyote's Archie's series was layered on top.
Where Nimbus meets Cerulean in the carved areas, something happens that neither glaze could manage alone. Warm terracotta-brown pushes through the blue. Silver and lavender appear at the edges. The carved dots become clusters of color that look like lichen, or coral, or frost on a window — something organic and slightly ancient that has no business being this beautiful on a pot made on a Tuesday afternoon in Portland.
The smooth areas stay true to the Cerulean — cool, deep, slightly luminous — while the carved sections tell a completely different story. It is one vessel with two personalities, and both of them are interesting.
The interior is fully glazed in Cerulean — that same deep absorbing blue, now wrapping the inside of the pot like a secret kept from every angle except directly above.
At 4.5" wide and 3.5" tall this is the generous one of the trio — room enough for a small statement plant, a succulent collection, or anything else that deserves a vessel this considered. No drainage holes — designed for a grow pot nestled inside.
Meet its siblings — the Pearl Planter and the Seafoam Planter — three carved dot vessels, three completely different glaze stories. Each sold individually; all three together are something else entirely.
One of a kind. The Cerulean and Nimbus interaction is different every single time — this particular alchemy exists only once.
Wheel-thrown Pioneer Dark with Speckles stoneware | 4.5" diameter × 3.5" tall | Fully glazed interior | Oregon clay
Two glazes walked into a kiln. What came out was this.
This planter was wheel-thrown in my Portland studio from Pioneer Dark with Speckles — warm, iron-rich stoneware with non-toxic black glass frit speckles that have strong opinions about every glaze applied over them. The body is finished in Cerulean Satin by Coyote Clay — a deep blue that absorbs light and draws the eye — and then, over the hand-carved dot texture, Nimbus from Coyote's Archie's series was layered on top.
Where Nimbus meets Cerulean in the carved areas, something happens that neither glaze could manage alone. Warm terracotta-brown pushes through the blue. Silver and lavender appear at the edges. The carved dots become clusters of color that look like lichen, or coral, or frost on a window — something organic and slightly ancient that has no business being this beautiful on a pot made on a Tuesday afternoon in Portland.
The smooth areas stay true to the Cerulean — cool, deep, slightly luminous — while the carved sections tell a completely different story. It is one vessel with two personalities, and both of them are interesting.
The interior is fully glazed in Cerulean — that same deep absorbing blue, now wrapping the inside of the pot like a secret kept from every angle except directly above.
At 4.5" wide and 3.5" tall this is the generous one of the trio — room enough for a small statement plant, a succulent collection, or anything else that deserves a vessel this considered. No drainage holes — designed for a grow pot nestled inside.
Meet its siblings — the Pearl Planter and the Seafoam Planter — three carved dot vessels, three completely different glaze stories. Each sold individually; all three together are something else entirely.
One of a kind. The Cerulean and Nimbus interaction is different every single time — this particular alchemy exists only once.
