chasingfireceramics
Calgary, Canada ·
chasingfireceramics
Chasing Fire Studio - art to accent your lifeCalgary, Canada 373 Sales On Etsy since 2012
Announcement Welcome to Chasing Fire Studio. We create mid-fire ceramic buttons, yarn bowls, mugs, pendants, diz, bookmarks, and other goodies for your fibre projects in our Calgary pottery studio. See something but need more, less or custom? Contact to inspire us! http://www.chasingfirestudio.com
Announcement
Welcome to Chasing Fire Studio. We create mid-fire ceramic buttons, yarn bowls, mugs, pendants, diz, bookmarks, and other goodies for your fibre projects in our Calgary pottery studio. See something but need more, less or custom? Contact to inspire us! http://www.chasingfirestudio.com
Reviews
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shakeyourbooties on Jul 11, 2016
5 out of 5 starsFabulous seller - goes above and beyond to deliver a lovely product. :)
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Michelle Teno on Jul 6, 2016
5 out of 5 starsA beautifully made diz, Just what I wanted. It's beautiful. Michelle
Updates
About
Est. 2011... Finally!
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.
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 has joined the studio work with his mugs and yarn bowls as well. His eye for detail and wicked sense of humour is reflected in his 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.
If you see something you adore yet would like it modified to your own tastes, please contact us. If you would like to inspire us to create something unique and custom for you, let your ideas become reality through our hands - drop me a line.
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. I only have to revisit the raku process (light it all on fire!) to remind myself of the core beauty of this art form, taking what is mud and creating art through fire. Thus, my passion for this art is represented by my need to always be chasing that transformation, chasing fire.
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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
Creator, Kiln Tech, Handyman
Jay is an artist when not servicing our kiln, making various tools for the studio, and running firings. His creations of choice are functional tableware with a twist, influenced by car and geek culture, and his Irish Canadian Heritage.
Shop policies
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 it 100% handmade.
I take great pride in my work and hope that you enjoy my items as much as I have enjoyed creating them. I only use local suppliers (Ceramics Canada and Plainsman Clays) and etsy sellers to bolster my "local" communities.
If you see something you adore yet would like it modified to your own tastes, please contact me.
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
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
Returns and exchanges
Shipping
My shipping amount includes postage PLUS the cost of shipping supplies: kraft bubble envelope, 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 buttons, diz, and bookmarks with Canada Post: http://www.canadapost.com
Additional policies and FAQs
Privacy
We put a blip on the city you're from on our World Domination Map on our website as we track our mailed work as it migrates around the globe. There are no identifying markers about who you are, what you bought, or if you had a nice breakfast with our mug (if that's the case) unless you implicitly agree to allow us to share photos. Since you'd have to send photos and I wouldn't crossreference past sales to check if you really were from, say, the Isle of Wight, your secrets are safe. We're just happy you were here.