Serious Mud Addiction
About my shop: Each item I sell at FireDance Pottery is handmade by me. I throw most pieces by hand on the wheel then hand finish with the little details. Sometimes a piece is hand built using slabs or coils. This process ensures that you are purchasing something unique, not something out of a standard mould.
About me and my love of ceramics:
In 1999 while attending Westminster College in Salt Lake City I took my very first ceramics class (Majolica Pottery). I ended up taking a class every semester until graduating. Then a few years later I went back to school hoping to get another degree in Biology. I ended up spending every night sometimes until midnight in the ceramics studio. I finally realized then that playing in the "mud" is my passion and should be my career.
In 2007 I started selling my wares in small local markets, farmers markets and at festivals. I started out slowly at first and then gained confidence and started thinking about selling online.
I took a break in 2010 after having my daughter and slowly started building up momentum again.
Then in 2012 I decided that Etsy would be the perfect platform for me to help me get my business to a larger market while I stay home and raise my daughter. I love running my Etsy shop, getting inspired by custom orders and trying to constantly improve on my technique.
I love to make things that people will use daily. I like to think about the pieces that i've made over the years in the cupboards of people's homes being used and loved.
I fill my own cupboards at home with a variety of different styles and colors of my own work. Over the years I've slowly replace all of the "factory" ceramics in my house, and now when I open my cupboard it's like an adventure in an eclectic ceramic shop.
