Wheel-thrown Trailmix Dark Chocolate stoneware | 5" diameter × 3.5" tall | Dark micro paracord hanger | Oregon clay
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MESA HANGING PLANTER Wheel-thrown Trailmix Dark Chocolate stoneware | 5" diameter × 3.5" tall | Dark micro paracord hanger | Oregon clay
The horizon is doing something.
This hanging planter was wheel-thrown in my Portland studio from Trail Mix Dark Chocolate stoneware — a deep, near-black clay that holds its darkness even under glaze, and gives everything applied to it a particular weight. The Melon Head glaze from Morning Ceramics Studio was applied by dipping, with the angle shifted between passes — each dip landing slightly differently, layering warm terra cotta and salmon across the lower body in overlapping arcs that read like landscapes stacked on top of each other. Like looking at a canyon wall from the side. Like sediment. Like the light at 6pm in August when everything goes warm and you don't want it to stop.
The upper rim is left unglazed — raw Trail Mix Dark Chocolate, near-black and slightly rough, a hard edge where the warmth ends. That line isn't decorative. It's geological.
The hanger is braided dark micro paracord, twisted by hand to complement the depth of the Trail Mix Dark Chocolate clay body.
At 5" wide and 3.5" tall this is the right size for a trailing plant, a compact fern, or anything that deserves to hang in a room and be looked at.
A note on how this is made: The interior is intentionally left unglazed — raw stoneware breathes in a way glazed clay simply can't, and your plant roots will thank you for it. There are no drainage holes, because this planter is designed to be used with a grow pot nestled inside. Slip your plant in its nursery pot, hang it up, and lift it out easily to water properly and check on root health without ceremony or mess. The bottom is finished with as much care as the outside — smooth, clean, and beautiful — because when something hangs overhead, the view from below matters just as much as the view from across the room.
One of a kind — or close to it. The Melon Head glaze lands differently with every dip, hands make the form but fire makes the decisions. These two are siblings, not twins — same clay, same glaze, same alternating dip, but each one carries its own slight variations in form and where the landscape falls. Very similar. Not identical.
Wheel-thrown Trailmix Dark Chocolate stoneware | 5" diameter × 3.5" tall | Dark micro paracord hanger | Oregon clay
Got it. Writing both now.
MESA HANGING PLANTER Wheel-thrown Trailmix Dark Chocolate stoneware | 5" diameter × 3.5" tall | Dark micro paracord hanger | Oregon clay
The horizon is doing something.
This hanging planter was wheel-thrown in my Portland studio from Trail Mix Dark Chocolate stoneware — a deep, near-black clay that holds its darkness even under glaze, and gives everything applied to it a particular weight. The Melon Head glaze from Morning Ceramics Studio was applied by dipping, with the angle shifted between passes — each dip landing slightly differently, layering warm terra cotta and salmon across the lower body in overlapping arcs that read like landscapes stacked on top of each other. Like looking at a canyon wall from the side. Like sediment. Like the light at 6pm in August when everything goes warm and you don't want it to stop.
The upper rim is left unglazed — raw Trail Mix Dark Chocolate, near-black and slightly rough, a hard edge where the warmth ends. That line isn't decorative. It's geological.
The hanger is braided dark micro paracord, twisted by hand to complement the depth of the Trail Mix Dark Chocolate clay body.
At 5" wide and 3.5" tall this is the right size for a trailing plant, a compact fern, or anything that deserves to hang in a room and be looked at.
A note on how this is made: The interior is intentionally left unglazed — raw stoneware breathes in a way glazed clay simply can't, and your plant roots will thank you for it. There are no drainage holes, because this planter is designed to be used with a grow pot nestled inside. Slip your plant in its nursery pot, hang it up, and lift it out easily to water properly and check on root health without ceremony or mess. The bottom is finished with as much care as the outside — smooth, clean, and beautiful — because when something hangs overhead, the view from below matters just as much as the view from across the room.
One of a kind — or close to it. The Melon Head glaze lands differently with every dip, hands make the form but fire makes the decisions. These two are siblings, not twins — same clay, same glaze, same alternating dip, but each one carries its own slight variations in form and where the landscape falls. Very similar. Not identical.
