Alex Apland pottery mug

Alex Apland's pottery beams with a natural love of the outdoors. Her sweeping mountain landscapes, shadowy treelines and coastal beach motifs are unmistakably inspired by the Pacific Northwest surroundings where they're created. The PNW is a region I hope to explore someday, until then, I will satisfy my wistfulness with lovely ceramic testaments to it's...

Callahan Ceramics: custom ring dish

In this age of consumerism at our fingertips, we are lucky to have most of our wants and needs procured at the touch of a button and delivered to our doorstep in under two days. It streamlines our errands and makes our lives convenient, but as consumers, where our aesthetic fortunes truly lie is in...

Birch Forest mug-Callahan Ceramics

Featuring a sea-inspired mug for my recent pottery post, I mentioned needing a tree adorned piece to complete my collection of natural elements. It felt like kismet when soon after, Callahan, the talented potter of Callahan Ceramics asked for customer requests on upcoming designs. I quickly piped up that a birch tree scene would be...

Pitch Pine Pottery- Mountain Mug

Well, this was bound to happen. If you read and follow The Redolent Mermaid for any length of time, as I have, you'll come across her pottery posts. Once finished ogling Julie's incredible handmade finds, investigating the artists' shops inevitably occurs. Taking a step on that path leads to another step of following the artisans...