Soup & Salad

Each design in every collection we offer you expresses a sense of drama and flair to whatever happens to be served. 

The Snail & Cabbage Collection is

Classic.

Elegant.

with a sense of Humor....

Soup & Salads around the world shout out "thanks"!  No more humdrum beginnings to uninspired lunches and dinners.....finally, we have someone standing up for us....bold and beautiful.....confident and sure.....we're proud to begin a meal when set with a "tablescape of wonder" by Beyond Jordan.   

Come see us at the show in Atlanta!  

Oh, So Vein

The veins on our porcelain platters come to life, almost pulsating with every ebb and flow of the conversation around the table.  

Almost.

Capturing the very nature of a cabbage leaf demands that the leaf be cast off an original living specimen.

And porcelain has the unique ability to transmit the details and near-lifelike softness and subtleness of a wonder of creation....such as the network of veins in a leaf, like a cabbage leaf.   

In fact, our entire newest collection "Snail & Cabbage" group of decorative serveware and tabletop all feature the subtle and soft impressions taken from one of the largest cabbages I've ever seen.  This cabbage was among many in a pyramid of green and purple orbs for sale this Fall at a produce stand in McMinnville which is down the valley from our studio.  

While still fresh and plump....veins full of life, we cast the cabbage into plaster as the foundation for our molds.  These molds then receive the liquid "slip" porcelain and transfer the design to the finished product.  

But it all starts with a live, fresh, cabbage.  A specimen.  One that you now can have on your table for every special occasion....as fresh as though brought in from the garden just this morning...so fresh in fact, we've caught Momma Snail and her two children in tow just as they were finishing up their lessons for the day.

We hope you enjoy our newest collection, classic in every dimension and hand-crafted with care in our Salem, Oregon studio.   Sure to be the center of attention at your next special dinner occasion!   (Available March 2009)

Digging, Carving, Scratching.......Sculpting!

An idea lies within the block of plaster.  Getting the idea out into the open ...... that's the labour of inspiration that includes digging, carving, scraping, scratching, all combined into an effort that is artistically called "sculpting".  

Mostly though, sculpting is just a lot of hard work.  Hard work towards an idea that in the mind's eye is something beautiful and worthy of the hard work.  

Hard work at scratching along toward a goal.  Digging a little deeper to find and shape that idea.  Scraping around the edges to get rid of the extraneous stuff that always seems to be in the way.

Sculpting is like most things in life.  A lot of hard work and a lot of long hours to get rid of everything that doesn't fit the idea or goal you have in mind.  A lot of inspiration and energy spent to create something of lasting value.  Something beautiful.  Something to be treasured.  

So keep digging, carving, scratching, and scraping on your masterpiece .... your life ...... so that one day it too will be called a sculpture ..... a work of art!