I’m so excited to announce that the DGD Pottery shop is officially reopened for business! In case you didn’t know, the shop had been active for several years, but my production was abruptly halted in 2020 thanks to the pandemic. I had to rearrange all of my priorities when it came to business to keep up with the changing landscape of things throughout the COVID era, and my Etsy shop was one of the things that was gently placed off to the side. This year I knew I wanted to make it a priority to get back up and running, though, so I’ve been working hard at the studio, and now have a fresh collection of handmade pieces ready to ship out to their new homes across the US.
The pieces you see pictured in today’s blog post are just a small sampling of what you’ll now find live in the DGD Pottery Etsy shop. I’ve been experimenting with more organic, minimal glazes this season, and hope you love the Japanese-inspired shapes I’ve, lately, been influenced by. The tea bowls are some of my personal favorites in this summer drop, but I’m also excited to offer ikebana vases again. These types of unique vases are something I definitely want to experiment more with, so keep an eye out for those in future drops if you’re as fascinated by this style of floral arranging as I am (see a demo of how I do it here). I decided to forage for my own “florals” to style my ikebana with this time, and ultimately chose evergreen branches and sprigs of dill. I’m very into the idea of using something other than flowers in these types of vases for a change every now and then.
Click over to the shop here to see the full collection, including bowls, mugs, hand-built trays, my new line of abstract squiggle weights (a play on traditional paper weights, of course), and so much more. If you’d like to learn more about me and my ceramics career, click here to look through my DGD Pottery portfolio. There you’ll see a good bit of my past work, plus find out how I got started down this path. Thanks so much for your support, as always, and I hope you love looking through my new collection of handmade ceramics. It has been a joy creating them for you.