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As of January 1st, Liz, Sam and Jude have officially become the co-owners of Saltstone Ceramics. While many of you may have already met us around the studio, we wanted to introduce ourselves to the entire community. "While living in Wallingford, I spent many moments at the Saltstone Ceramics window display. Moments at the studio became hours when I enrolled as a student and eventually became an employee. Working with clay has given me the space to find quiet moments, express myself, and have fun. I am incredibly grateful to have a community to share this experience. Sarah and Steve...
This has been in the works for a year now, and we're so excited to finally be sharing this with our community.As of January 1st, 2023, owners Sarah Steininger Leroux and Steve Leroux have sold the business to three of their employees: Jude Mortensen, Liz Leong, and Sam Schauer.Please read the rest of this newsletter for a statement from Sarah, and join us in congratulating our new small business owners! A statement from Sarah, founder of Saltstone Ceramics Building Saltstone Ceramics has been an incredible journey for me! It all started back in 2015. That spring I resigned from my social...
Jude's Top Five are here! Jude is going with the dreamiest pieces in the gallery for their list. Check out their recommendations: Tiny Goblet by Liz Mazurek Round Mug by Lilly Powell Dreamy Mug by Liz Leong Pink Petals Planter by Laura Skiles-Bundy Tumbler by Kelsie Rudolph
The biggest shopping weekend of the year is coming up, and we're excited to share all the handmade goodness with you! We have our biggest Handmade for the Holidays collection ever in the gallery right now, with 65 independent artists and more than 1500 unique items in stock. All Season Long Free shipping with code WINTERSHIP From now through the end of the year, use code WINTERSHIP at checkout to get free shipping on orders of $100 or more. (Some restrictions apply). Thanksgiving Break (Nov 24 & 25) Our gallery will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 24th and...
Steve's top five list includes a collection of ideas to really show off your meals. Product links are below the video. Circles Charcturie Boards by Ruby Pear Woodworks Fruit Stripe Bowl by Julie Burmeister Ink Blot Altered Bowl by Hunny Spyke Medium Serving Bowl by Laura Skiles-Bundy Blue and Green Kaleidoscope Bowls by Slush Club
All of the staff are giving you their gift recommendations this year, and Sam is kicking things off! Product links are below the video. Spiky Vases by Tony Santoyo Baby Mugs from Kathy Flores Floral Arch Mug by Coco Spadoni Green Checkered Wavy Baby by Vo Ceramics Terra Collage Cup by Didem Mert
"Saltstone Ceramics is a place where everyone is welcomed to discover a meaningful connection with a creative working community." (Words On A Mission, Oct 2019) Over the past several weeks we’ve come to see the ways in which our mission statement isn’t living up to its potential. Our Queer & Dear 2022 show was meant to celebrate the entire queer community, but was presented with BIPOC artists glaringly underrepresented. We are sorry for the harm that the omission and the cancellation caused: to the queer community, to people of color, to the artists we represent, and the ceramics community as a...
From now (Friday morning) through the end of Sunday, June 26th, we will be donating $5 for every item sold to the Northwest Abortion Access Fund. That's one dollar for every decade that access to abortion was a constitutional right in the United States. There's no need to use a coupon code or special link; we'll keep track. Everything you buy counts, whether it's a workshop, class, piece of pottery, or cutting board. And if nothing in our store is calling to you right now, then we encourage you to donate directly.
Queer and Dear 2022 has been cancelled. After listening and reflecting and listening some more, we’ve accepted that the show is fundamentally flawed as it is, and can’t be fixed in a respectful manner.Yes, this decision took us a long time to arrive at. We did not want to silence these Queer voices. But we see that the absent voices matter more, and this show can not go on.We will have more to say about specific actions we’ll be taking in the gallery in the next few days and weeks.
This year, we're recommending folks get their orders in by December 15th in order to have the best chance of packages arriving before Christmas. Later orders might arrive in time, especially if you're closer to Seattle. We generally use UPS and USPS for shipping, and once we hand over your package, it is (literally and figuratively) out of our hands. December 15th is our best guess at a deadline and we can't make guarantees about delivery dates. For folks who live in Seattle, we'll be open an extra day: Tuesday, December 21st, from 11am to 5pm, to help with your Christmas...