Objects you'll reach for every morning.
Functional stoneware and one-of-a-kind vessels, thrown and fired in my Santa Fe studio. Seasonal collections, restaurant commissions, and a wheel class for beginners with good coffee.
- 12
- Years at the wheel
- 4
- Kiln openings a year
- ~40
- Pieces per firing
Recent work
From the kiln
The work
In the studio
Collections, commissions, and a class for beginners.
Seasonal Collections
Four kiln openings a year — mugs, bowls, plates, and vases released as small numbered runs. Join the list; they go quickly.
Restaurant & Café Ware
Custom tableware programs for kitchens that plate with intention — sampled, tested in service, then produced in matched runs.
Commissioned Pieces
One-of-a-kind vessels for homes, galleries, and gifts with a story attached — from a conversation to a finished firing in six to ten weeks.
Beginner Wheel Class
Four Saturday mornings, six students, unlimited mud. You'll leave with two finished pieces and correctly ruined fingernails.
The maker
Made slowly, on purpose
I found clay in my thirties, after a decade of screens, and the first thing the wheel taught me was that you can't rush it — the clay simply declines. Twelve years later that's still the whole philosophy. I dig test batches of local slip, throw in short focused runs, carve while the walls are leather-hard, and fire to cone 10 where the iron in the clay does things no glaze chart predicts.
Everything here is made to be used: mugs that balance right, bowls that stack, pour-overs that actually pour. Each firing is small — forty pieces on a good month — so collections sell as they come out of the kiln, and no two runs match exactly. That's not a flaw. That's the point.
From the shelf
Held, used, kept
“We plate every dessert on Simone's ware. Guests ask about the dishes as often as the food — and after two years of nightly service, not one piece has failed.”
“The commissioned urn for my mother is the most beautiful object in our home. Simone listened to who she was, and somehow the piece holds it.”
“I took the wheel class knowing nothing. Four Saturdays later I own two lopsided bowls I'm absurdly proud of and a new standard for what 'handmade' means.”
FAQ
Studio questions
When is the next collection released?
Kiln openings happen roughly quarterly, announced to the mailing list a week ahead with a preview. Pieces sell in the order orders arrive — no carts held, no reprints of a sold run.
Is everything food- and dishwasher-safe?
All functional ware is high-fired stoneware with lead-free glazes — dishwasher and microwave safe, tested in my own kitchen daily. Sculptural pieces are labeled when they're display-only.
How do commissions work?
We talk about the piece, its use, and its story; I sketch, quote a fixed price, and fire two candidates so the kiln gets a vote. You pick the one you love; the other returns to the shelf.
Can I visit the studio?
Thursday through Saturday afternoons the studio door is open — come see what's drying. Other days by appointment, and class students get keys-level access to open shelf hours.
The studio list
The kiln opens four times a year. Be there.
Join the studio list for collection previews, class dates, and the occasional second — or write directly about a commission.
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