Announcement    Home of the sassy salt piggies with the spoon tongues and and a variety of other FUNctional pottery. Hand crafted stoneware and raku created in a West Michigan studio. Variety of forms and a unique Asian influenced garden lantern. I love incorporating kanji into my designs. If you have a favorite kanji you'd like to see in a votive or lantern let me know. Follow Pottery Rocks on Facebook to keep up with the latest news and items.

December 2020: I'm am still producing pottery but selling so much custom and local I do not have time to manage Etsy. But if you're looking for something I've had in the past feel free to contact me as I may have it. I am more and more interested in custom work and taking orders so please contact me if you have seen one my designs in the past and would like to put in an order for something. Please remember however that pottery can take several weeks to turn around--creating, drying, bisque, glazing, glaze firing. Additionally my kiln is large so I don't fire for a few pieces so there is additional time to fill the kiln. If you are wanting some for Christmas, the best to hit me up in the summer to get on the list. I usually produce the most pottery late summer & early fall. Other than that I am often distracted by fishing, biking, kayaking, wine make, mushrooming, foraging and civic work.

If you're a last minute holiday shopper, I can usually get items into the shipping stream within 3 days. I ship 2-3 day priority USPS within the US and first class beyond the US but I've also come to learn when it gets right down to Christmas crunch the USPS doesn't do very well on their "2-3 day priority" idea. If you need something faster, let me know!

A note on sustainability in my shipping and my studio. My packing materials (bubble wrap and peanuts) are all recycled from my friends. In my studio, I recycle all glaze and clay waste. I take time to settle out and reuse a fair amount of the water I use to throw and wipe up with. As of 2015 the water utilized in my studio is captured rainwater as well so no energy is utilized pumping water. My studio is 3 season so I don't expend resources on heating or cooling it, When firing I make the most of electrical usage by filling my kiln to the brim and adding additional insulation on the top of the kiln to maximize efficiency. Recently I found a mosaic artist who is thrilled with upcycling all the broken and unusable pieces that accumulated in the back of the studio.