Flower Arranging

Pouring Nautilus Shell Vases this morning.

Interesting recipe:
-Pour slip in
-Dump slip out
-Pour glaze in
-Drain glaze out
-Hi heat for 12 hrs
-Let cool to the touch
-Pour tap water in

Arrange flowers til good to the eye.

Eco-aspirations or Eco-reality?

Eco-responsibility is a phrase we often use in describing our company.  It means that we've taken tangible actions to make our eco-aspirations become eco-reality. 

  

Little steps.  A bunch of little practices, procedures, and policies which add up to

 a way of conducting and operating our business that we phrase eco-responsible.   

But it all began with the idea that we wanted to design and produce beautiful products that are used in beautiful homes to celebrate beautiful lives in a way that reflects a sense of awe for God's beautiful creation and operates responsibly so that the next generation may also have the opportunity to enjoy this same beauty.

So out of this sense of responsibility, eye to the future, and commitment to your children's children of coming generations, you too can become eco-responsible.  Many small steps in your personal or business life can add up to take your eco-aspirations to becoming eco-reality.  

If you've followed us on FaceBook or Twitter, you know some of the actions we've taken toward this goal, and we'll post them on our website soon as well.   Being involved with Beyond Jordan as a Retailer, Consumer, Sales Representative, Employee, Facebook Fan, or Twitterer is one step we encourage you to take toward eco-responsibility!  

This week at the Atlanta Gift Show may be your first tangible opportunity to make your eco-aspirations become eco-reality ..... we look forward to welcoming you to our presentation at Bldg 3, Floor 5, Booth #1800.

Bon appetite!

White stack

White stack of cabbage

Plates of hand-crafted beauty

Natural source shows!

White glaze is coming out gorgeous and works great with both the Green Cabbage and the new intro of Purple Cabbage.

Enjoy!

Fall Colors - the Leaves are Turning

Fall is coming soon

Leaves will be turning colors 

Hand-crafted for you!

Our Cabbage & Snail Collection is getting ready for Fall.  Colors are turning from Green to Purple.  The White Cabbage leaf plates and platters mix and match beautifully with both these color ways.   

Get ready for Fall......we are!

Bon Appetit!

Summer Shells

Mist green over white.  A stunning summer color combo!

Fresh, fresh, fresh.

Shrimp Salad.  Chowder Soup.  Little-neck Clams.  

Summer's coming....

Bon appetite!

Snails March

Quite unusual.....

But it wasn't so unusual to have a snail decoration on the tableware of European royalty a few hundred years ago.

The snail is a classic 17th century European motif in high-end tabletop designs. We've taken one aspect of that concept to a new dimension with our Snail & Cabbage Collection.

Unique.

These Snail Placecard Holders are sure to get the conversation started at your next luncheon!

Bon Appetite!

Hand Crafted in USA - Porcelain - Eco Responsible

Soup and Veggies - Beautiful Presentation

As fresh as it gets.....

We're producing our porcelain serveware daily.   Our designs are being hand-crafted in our studio each day and are fresher than the harvested vegetables that are being served today in this photo!

Made in Salem, Oregon - Eco-responsibly!

Excess of Ditches

Excess of Dishes

A dark spot here.
Another blemish there.
A thin glazed faded stroke under here.
A sharp edge over there
A few pits in the bottom
Discoloration in the glazed leaves
Too much variation on one piece

A stack of dishes
A stack of ditches

Seconds. To the trash

Excess of Ditches



Hand-crafted products are inherently variable with respect to color, stroke, density of glaze, thickness of walls, sharpness of edges, pits, spots, and other marks that are all a process of the lovingly hand-applied glazes and slip-cast process that we use here in our Salem, Oregon studio to create works of art for you and your friends.

All of those marks clearly show that each piece is hand-made work of art, and that no machine stamped, or pressed, or vacuumed, or in any other way formed our designs.....just piece by piece...one at a time....each one hand-formed with care!

We hope you have a renewed sense of awe for Creation when you set a tablescape of wonder by Beyond Jordan. Imagine how perfect is creation and by comparison how incredibly imperfect are our creations!

Imperfect yes: but reflecting high quality workmanship; great attention to detail; superb craftmanship in sculpting and processing each piece; and the result is an awesome display of creation that will be the decorative and functional centerpiece of your next social event.

And while somewhat imperfect, yet.....we're so very proud of what we're producing for you these days in our studio and know that they will be the centerpiece and serveware that grace your table for generations to come during those celebrations during life's journey.

Bon Apetite!

Springtime Salad with Friends

Garden salad luncheon with a little soup too.....

The best course: catching up with best friends!

Made in USA - Porcelain - Hand Crafted

Show Time

Our Snail & Cabbage Collection




















is hand-glazed in a classic color combination....

Green & White.

Simple.

Clean.

Elegant.

Cast from an enormous Cabbage during last October's harvest, this collection makes every meal "fresh from the Garden".

The Snail family thinks so too...!

Thanks for your kind words, your support, and the opportunity to serve you in the days ahead.

We were grateful to be acknowledged by Gift & Dec at the Seattle Show....thank you Meredith!

We had a great trade show season and we look forward to producing your orders in the coming weeks!