Heck NO! Each of these ring dishes is hand drawn. I do not use tracings, decals, stamps or prints like so many others do.

Sadly, although they may say handmade, many other shops will scan your photo, hit some preset commands , print a decal then place it on a commercially made mass produced mug or dish. For some people that is fine. However for those who want true one of a kind items, I use my hands and observation skills to draw each and every animal. They are each small works of art. No two are exactly alike.

These are NOT mass produced commercial dishes. Each is a handmade ceramic dish made by me. I don’t use commercially made dish ware that is mass produced. I only use my own ceramic clay that I roll out and cut by hand.

The mass produced dishware typically made overseas (to keep costs down) is slipcast clay and poured into molds. They create thousands on assembly lines, then fire them in room size kilns. Uniformity is what they strive for and are what you typically find at restaurants or superstores. When you see rows and rows of mugs that look exactly the same, they were mass produced commercially.

Handmade items are each unique.

Absolutely NOT. I hand draw each and every image with a special ceramic pencil. Some shops take your pets image and work with photo editing software, use preset commands, that use a tracetool and push up contrast of your image. Then they print it out on a printer as a decal. They slap your pet's image on mass produced mugs or dishes. And sadly, there is very little to no personal artistry involved.

My items are each individually drawn on each dish. It is the same drawing skills as 500 years ago: by hand and by observation. If Leonardo or Michelangelo came to my studio, they would know exactly how I draw each animal and would get to work right away. It would take them a lot longer to understand other shop;s photo-editing software. :-)

Absolutely yes! There is a listing for custom ring dishes or coasters. Typically will be ready within 2 to 3 weeks. Often sooner!

Yes, I am happy to work with brides and party coordinators. The ring dishes and coasters make great gifts for bridesmaids and groomsmen and is a wonderful one of a kind item that they will treasure. Especially if it has a hand drawing of their pet or favorite animal. I would just need a date to ship by so that you will get them in time.

Typically the way to see if it is handmade is that each item looks a tiny bit different, because hand made items are each unique. They vary a bit on the rims or on the handles typically. Factory made ceramics all are EXACTLY the same because they are mass produced slipcast in a mold on an assembly line...think restaurant ware. Hand made items are heartfelt works of art.