We met 12 years ago while Karen was renovating an 1870’s house across the street from Liz’s, and we soon discovered our mutual love of old houses, nature, gardening and making things by hand.  Eventually, we decided to join our lives together. We now work out of our home studio in the Sears Hill neighborhood of Staunton, VA, where we draw inspiration from our gardens and surrounding natural and architectural landscapes. We create a variety of functional and decorative pottery using both wheel-thrown and slab built techniques.

Liz returned home after college to Bedford Virginia and for the next 15 years had her own studio selling her nature inspired sculptures. After moving to Staunton and taking a few years off from clay work she fell back in love with clay and the community of clay lovers. Liz loves the limitless possibilities of layering glaze to playfully embellish her imaginary and real landscapes and animals.

After taking ceramics classes in high school, Karen returned to clay in 2016 and pottery quickly became a central focus of her life. Her background working in sustainable agriculture and carpentry influences her current work in clay, both through decorative motifs inspired by nature, and her love of geometric forms and crisp lines of hard slab building techniques.

We hope our products bring beauty and delight into people’s homes, and that you’ll choose to bring some of our pieces home with you. 

Thank you!

Liz and Karen