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NOTE: please be aware that USPS and Canada Post are experiencing delays and mail is flowing slowly in most places. Delivery is experiencing delays beyond our control. We continue to ship worldwide however mail is significantly delayed throughout the world due to the global pandemic and post-holiday crush. Please plan accordingly. Thank you for your support!
Welcome to Chasing Fire Studio. We create mid-fire ceramic buttons, yarn bowls, mugs, pendants, diz, bookmarks, slipper soles, and other goodies for your fibre projects in our Calgary studio. http://www.chasingfirestudio.com
Announcement
NOTE: please be aware that USPS and Canada Post are experiencing delays and mail is flowing slowly in most places. Delivery is experiencing delays beyond our control. We continue to ship worldwide however mail is significantly delayed throughout the world due to the global pandemic and post-holiday crush. Please plan accordingly. Thank you for your support!
Welcome to Chasing Fire Studio. We create mid-fire ceramic buttons, yarn bowls, mugs, pendants, diz, bookmarks, slipper soles, and other goodies for your fibre projects in our Calgary studio. http://www.chasingfirestudio.com
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Gabrielle on Apr 19, 2021
5 out of 5 starsFast shipping and great soles!! They made for some excellent non slip slippers. Thank you so much!
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Gail on Mar 29, 2021
5 out of 5 starsNice quality soles, easy to sew on to knit slippers. Prompt delivery.
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Shyanne on Mar 24, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis mug is absolutely fantastic ! The detail and work put into this mug is amazing
Shipping was so fast
Was packed up so well / highly highly recommend this shop — these two people went above and beyond
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Lorna on Mar 23, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThese soles are totally amazing I order them steady absolutely love them ❤️
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Melissa on Mar 23, 2021
5 out of 5 starsQuick shipping, and the soles were a wonderful addition to the knitted slippers I made for my friend.
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Margaret Sparks on Mar 10, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI felted slippers for my daughter’s birthday. These worked perfectly for the soles. And shipping was prompt!
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Lindsay on Mar 8, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI have now purchased 4 sets of these soles and I and the recipients of my slippers are really happy with them. The soles are flexible, easy to attach with the well-made holes around the edges and durable.
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Sandra on Feb 28, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI wanted something to put on the bottom of some slippers that were wearing out. These looked like a good choice. They were easy to sew on, soft and flexible and grip really well. Only time will tell how they hold up.
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Leslie on Feb 23, 2021
5 out of 5 starsGreat service and great product! Especially love the YouTube tutorial on sewing them on.
About chasingfireceramics
Art To Accent Your Life
Welcome to Chasing Fire! We are located in beautiful Calgary, Alberta within a short trip of the amazing foothills of the Rockies. The sky is huge. The inspiration is limitless.
The studio started with a simple community pottery class in 2002, igniting a passion for clay. I worked out of community studios, sharing equipment since it is very expensive to purchase. A flash of luck: Jay did some roofing work in exchange for a kiln, we made space for clay work at home and then I stumbled across a unique hand forged wheel = our dream of our own studio in 2011.
Cara: While the wheel is my original passion, I have become taken by the amazing flexibility that is hand-building since the birth of our son in 2009. You will often see a variety of methods as I play, because Chasing Fire is my creative play, my happy place and my passion.
I'm currently obsessed (really really obsessed) with buttons. People knit, sew and crochet amazing objects and I am giddy when I see my buttons on their artwork, making the item 100% handmade.
Jason: I joined joined the studio work to create mugs and yarn bowls. I like details, texture, and humour to be reflected in my work
We take great pride in our work and hope that you enjoy our items as much as we have enjoyed creating them. We use local suppliers (including Ceramics Canada, Plainsman Clays and local printers) and etsy sellers to bolster my "local" communities.
We now have a website that details our creative process, what's going on at the studio and in our little creative circle: http://www.chasingfirestudio.com
The name “chasing fire” comes from the core of ceramics – the transformation of clay through flame. Today, we as ceramic artists often use enclosed kilns, electric or gas fueled, to "fire" our work. The flame is concealed unlike the visible rawness of pit or raku firing. We only have to revisit the raku process (light it all on fire!) to remind ourselves of the core beauty of this art form, taking what is mud and creating art through fire. Thus, our passion for this art is represented by our need to always be chasing that transformation, chasing fire.
Shop members
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Cara
Owner, Maker, Designer
I'm a prairie girl, born and bred in small town Saskatchewan. My passions are split between technology and fine arts. I first sat at a pottery wheel in 2002 and fell in love. Making beautiful things from mud is magic.
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Jay
Owner, Maker, Kiln Tech
Jay is an artist when not servicing our kiln, making tools for the studio, and running firings. His creations are functional tableware with a twist, influenced by car & geek culture, and his Irish Canadian Heritage. He is also our leather worker.
Production partners
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A print shop
GA, United States
This printer creates these stickers.
Shop policies
We take great pride in my work and hope that you enjoy our items as much as we have enjoyed creating them. We tend to use only local suppliers (Ceramics Canada and Plainsman Clays) and etsy sellers to bolster our "local" communities because we love "our" people.
We have a website that details our creative process, what's going on at the studio and in our little creative neck of the woods: http://www.chasingfirestudio.com
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
Returns and exchange details
We are accepting limited returns and exchanges due to COVID-19 at this time unless there is a flaw in creation.
Shipping
We cannot guarantee shipping times once packages have been dropped at the postal outlets. If I could, I would, but I cannot. Sometimes it may take weeks to receive your order once it leaves my door if customs is involved, and I cannot help this however I do everything in my power to ensure a smooth transition by filling out all paperwork because we have experience with this! During the holiday season, allow some extra time for delivery because your local mailcentre is overwhelmed.
My shipping amount includes postage PLUS the cost of shipping supplies: kraft bubble envelope, boxes, bubble wrap for protection of your purchase.
Insurance, customs, tracking, express post are paid for by the purchaser.
Please see this link to check the actual costs of sending items with Canada Post: http://www.canadapost.com
Privacy
We do put an anonymous blip on the city you're from on our World Domination Map on our website as show our work as it migrates around the globe. Your secrets are safe with us. We are just happy you were here.
If you would like to share photos with us, we'd love to see them! If you'd like, we'll share them with the world too either with a link to your social media or anonymously (although we're fine with keeping them private too. We like to see our work in action since we spend so much time and energy in making things for you.) Thank you for appreciating our work and loving what we do. We can't thank you enough.
More information
Frequently asked questions
Are ceramics (pottery) dishwasher and microwave safe?
Yes! We do suggest extra care when loading/unloading as accidents tend to happen during cleaning and when holding very hot liquids.
How do I sew on my slipper soles?
We created a YouTube video to show you how we sew on our slipper soles to crochet/knitted slippers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCGSXWUua9o
Are your slipper soles washable?
We handwash our slippers and soles with woolwash (due to the nature of the slippers that the soles are sewn to) and airdry.