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UPDATE: Sarah is teaching a workshop on Monday, December 5th, 2022 about setting up your own home studio. She'll be addressing all the information that's not covered in this blog post, and answering everyone's questions. If you're in Seattle, take a look! You’ve been taking classes for a while and you love it. So much, in fact, that you’re starting to think about setting up a little studio or workspace in that spare bedroom/garage/basement/shed/un-used corner/closet. Congratulations! One of the most common questions I get from students at this stage is how to set up a home workspace for clay, and...

Sarah Steininger Leroux's amazing Pistachio Ash Cream glaze is making an appearance in the shop this week: We've got new versions of the Saltstone Coffee Lovers Gift Pack, the great Saltstone Salty Gift Pack, and more!

Fine leather wallets and keychains from Mountain Fox Goods are back once again for the holidays!

Seattle's own Ruby Pear Woodworks is now making handy pottery ribs in a variety of beautiful woods.

Decorative wall hangings to brighten up any room!

We don't really make much money on gallery sales. There's a few reasons for that: First and most importantly, we pay a 60% commission on most work we sell. We know how hard it is to make a living as an independent artist, and we believe our artists deserve the biggest slice of the pie. But that remaining 40% has to stretch a long way: it costs about $200 per day to keep the gallery staffed; shipping costs can eat another 10% - 20% of the sales price; there's the labor to inventory and photograph and store and display and rearrange and...

A fresh batch of Laura Skiles Bundy's distinctive hand-built pottery is in store and online!

New decorative work from Jennifer Fujimoto is in stock: bud vases, planters, and...kokeshi dolls!

Entries are now being accepted for Mug Madness 2020! Send us your best mugs, and maybe you could win the $500 prize and be crowned Mug Madness Champion!

Taylor is one of our top-selling artists, and we're thrilled to get a restock of her mugs, vases, and planters!