Work in Progress
Leaping Hare Espresso Set
Pink clay cups & speckled saucers, hand-painted floral hares.
Est. 2026 Carrick on Shannon
Half BakedPottery
Handmade pottery with bold design and lots of colour.
This site is still a work in progress while I'm working on items to display here. What's shown is generally work in progress. Follow Instagram for the most up-to-date work and check back later for finished pieces.
The Work
Work in Progress
Two Swallows Platter
Handled platter with a pair of swallows circling the centre.
Finished Piece
Bumblebee Planter
Blue linework bee wreathed in sunflowers.
Finished Piece
Blossom Candle Holder
Speckled double holder crowned with hand-built flowers.
Finished Piece
Swan Dish
Matte black and glossy white, carved feather detail.
Finished Piece
Diamond Rings
Marbled porcelain book page spreaders, one of a kind.
Finished Piece
Diving Duck Dish
Rippled blue incense holder with a tail-up duck.
Finished Piece
Rose Vase
Speckled navy cylinder loaded with sculpted blooms.
Finished Piece
Pine Forest Jar
Hand-painted treeline on a soft green ground.
Half baked, fully fired
Every piece starts as clay on an evening studio slot, or on my kitchen table when I can't wait that long. Thrown, slab-built, pinched by hand, or poured into slip cast molds I've made myself. Nothing's a repeat, and nothing's meant to be.
Shapes wobble. Saucers speckle. Handles get pulled a bit too generously because that's just how it goes some nights.
The illustration is where it gets good. Designs start freehand or digital, depending on what they are, then get onto the pottery however suits them best — hand-painted, or through homemade underglaze stencils and other techniques.
The design process, illustrations, stencils, mold making, all of it, is documented (or will be) on Instagram. Follow along for the journey, not just the product.
Even the pieces that are "the same" aren't. Made by hand, one at a time, no two alike. That's the whole point.