CatClayShop
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Announcement
Welcome to the Cat Clay Shop! We specialize in sweetly-snarky images fired onto clay items that we make as well as vintage & up-cycled china.
If you don't see a favorite Cat Clay item here, never fear! Just send us an email so we can list it just for you!
Love one of our images, but want it on something else, like a tumbler? Let's make this happen! Yay!
Announcement
Welcome to the Cat Clay Shop! We specialize in sweetly-snarky images fired onto clay items that we make as well as vintage & up-cycled china.
If you don't see a favorite Cat Clay item here, never fear! Just send us an email so we can list it just for you!
Love one of our images, but want it on something else, like a tumbler? Let's make this happen! Yay!
Items
All Items
Reviews
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Amanda on Dec 19, 2020
5 out of 5 starsGreat work! Unique and perfect for Stones junkies! Arrived quickly even given the holiday season and covid delays
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Julie on Dec 14, 2020
5 out of 5 starsIt is amazing and goes perfectly on my non-traditional Christmas tree. 🖤 It will be displayed all year, though.
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Bridget on Mar 1, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI never knew such a perfect ornament existed. Arrived fast too!
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mec205 on Feb 25, 2021
5 out of 5 starsA must have for any Keef Richards' groupie! The mug was a big hit!
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Chrissie on Jan 22, 2021
5 out of 5 starsIt’s perfect! Good quality, looks exactly like the photo. Very satisfied.
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Jenifer on Jan 11, 2021
5 out of 5 starswell made and looks great! seller/artist is very nice! Highly recommend this shop!
About CatClayShop
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The Butterfly Effect plate, on vintage china.
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Staff meeting at Miss Clifton's house, with Sabra listening raptly to management direction.
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A view of our studio showroom, in downtown Rochester, New York.
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We are obsessed with mugshots - on mugs, tumblers and anytime ornaments
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Squirrel's Gotta Gun tumbler: extended view of Mr. Squirrel thinning the herd.
It all started with a kitten...
Is it really any surprise that a cat is the founder & president of Cat Clay? Miss Clifton, the cat behind Cat Clay, says that it's surprising that cats aren't CEOs of all feline-related corporations. After all, cats are incredibly intelligent and have first-paw knowledge of those industries.
It all started in 2001: Miss Clifton was found abandoned alone in a field when she was 5 weeks old. Sabra Wood fell in love with this teacup kitten and signed up to be her life-long (mediocre) servant.
Shortly after that, Sabra left her career in marketing & finance. Miss Clifton didn't want her underfoot all day, and decided that a career in clay was just the thing!
With Miss Clifton at the helm, and Sabra following her direction, Cat Clay has become well-known for its sweetly-seditious pottery.
We design images and fired them onto both our hand-made pottery as well as vintage & up-cycled china.
And not surprisingly, kitties are featured in many items, including our Pawsa anytime ornament.
Shop members
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Clifton Wood
Owner
Hi! I'm the founder & president of Cat Clay, a small pottery studio in upstate New York. As a calico, I'm high energy and full of great ideas. Thank goodness I have my loyal staff member, Sabra, to turn my designs into pottery!
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Sabra Wood
Creator
I'm the human part of Cat Clay. You can find me in the studio 5 days a week, carrying out Miss Clifton's directions. I love the combination of working in clay and firing images onto it.
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Mary Drumheller
Assistant
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Louise Foos
Assistant
As a lifetime devotee of cats, and with many years of experience in retail and administrative assistance, working with Cat Clay (remotely these days) is a purr-fect fit! I am also an artist, and a knitter with my own shop, Fuzzy Details.
Shop policies
Please check our Shop Announcements for updates and current production times!
We are owned by Miss Clifton Wood, our feline friend. She's named after Lucille Clifton, who was equally beautiful and fierce.
**Please allow a day or two for a response to "convos" or emails (please put "urgent" in the subject line if it's an emergency)! There is only one of us here to answer emails on top of our regular studio operations. Thank you so much for your patience!
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
If for some reason a piece fails to reach you (for example, if your tracking number states that a piece is delivered, but you never received it), please contact me! These things happen, but just because your piece is lost or stolen does not mean that you're out of luck! Please respect the "honor code"; if your piece is genuinely missing, I will send a brand new one as fast as I can create it, free of charge, with a "signature confirmation" to ensure that if you're not home to receive it, you can pick it up at your local post office.
If you are unhappy with your piece that you have received, you may return it to Cat Clay for a full refund, minus the cost of return shipping. As soon as the piece is safely received by me and has no intentional damage by the customer, I will issue your refund within 48 hours.
---- My primary goal is always your complete satisfaction, and I want you to love what you buy! My dedication to your Cat Clay pottery does not end when I ship your piece to you, so feel free to contact me at any time with follow up questions! ----
Payment
8% sales tax is collected for sales shipped to addresses within the state of New York.
Items will be held until payment clears.
Shipping
If a longer period is needed, that will be included in the item listing.
US SHIPPING: all packages are shipped First Class USPS (shipping time is typically 2-5 days within the United States), unless they weigh more than 14 ounces; in this case, Priority Mail is used. Shipping prices include a package tracking number wherever possible. Additional domestic insurance requests will be made by the buyer. Please contact us before making your purchase if you require a shipping upgrade.
***Please make sure that your Etsy address is up to date, as that is the address that I will use to mail your package. If you would like your package sent to an alternative address, please include that information at the time that you make your purchase, as this is the only way to ensure that it goes out to the correct destination. I am more than happy to send the order to any address specified and verified by the purchaser.
Additional policies and FAQs
Please treat your Cat Clay item as you would fine china: don't use in the microwave or oven and wash by hand. This will ensure years of enjoyment!