About this Product
Cutest little trinket dish featuring a yellow duck swimming in a blue pool of happiness! Perfect to keep your rings or other jewelry safe at night or to cheer you up in your workspace. Can hold any small items you choose. Perfect gift for any occasion.
This little dish has been created by hand from clay, painted with underglazes, and fired in a kiln two times with a clear glaze. The piece is durable and food safe.
Joyce Leatherwood
Meet the Maker
I first encountered clay on the slippery creek beds of my childhood. I sculpted many cats out of the muddy clay and let them dry in the sun. In high school, I happened upon a pottery shop and was enthralled watching a potter on the potter's wheel. In college, I tried lots of courses but always ended up in the ceramics studio where I eventually earned a BFA degree in ceramics and took lots of sculpture courses as well. While raising kids and moving around the world for my husband's job, I was always drawn back to clay whenever possible. I began teaching elementary art and earned a Master's Degree in Education. Teaching art was a fantastic way of immersing myself in many artistic endeavors and mediums. At this time, I also began working in natural dyeing and textiles with an emphasis on hand embroidery. It is always the texture of textiles and/or clay that intrigues me the most. I am inspired by nature as is evident in the motifs and images on both pottery, sculptures, as well as stitched works of art I currently create. Once retiring and moving to Richmond, VA, I have my own clay studio once again. Learning and re-learning with clay is a never ending adventure which I am thoroughly enjoying.
How it’s Made
Hand crafted and sculpted from clay. It is then painted by hand and fired in a kiln. Next the trinket dish is glazed and fired for a second time creating a food safe and very durable glazed surface. Due to the handmade nature of pottery trinket dishes, the size, shape and color may vary slightly adding to the distinctive handmade charm.
Shop Policies
Please contact me if there is a problem with your order! I want you to be happy with your purchase. If necessary, returns and exchanges accepted within 30 days, buyer is responsible for return shipping costs.
