ABe Ceramics (2026)

12/12/2025

If you're in Canada or the US we can still be in time for your gifts. I listed these 2 cookie jars for the biscuit bakers in your life. A gift that I am sure will reward you with many treats.
I have two versions available: one with a sculptural k**b inspired by ancient dolmens, and another with a my little acorn.
Ready to find a home on your countertop. DM me for a shipping quote or head over to my Etsy shup!

27/11/2025

This lidded jar certainly captured a little piece of my heart. I treated it like a miniature canvas, decorating it with layers of underglaze and glaze to create an abstract, painterly landscape. The little sculptural k**b on the lid is inspired by the ancient, fallen dolmens of forgotten fields back in Harris where we went for a long vacation before moving to Canada and I find myself dreaming about the place aften these days.
We fired it in the wood soda chamber, where the fire and vaporized soda created a truly unique, one-of-a-kind finish. It's a true collaboration between my hand and the elements. It's full of memories and that's pretty fitting for a vessel!
You can come and see it in person along with a few other special pots from the wood firing, at the Studio Acacia Annual Exhibition this weekend!
This is a wonderful opportunity to see the work in person, and I would be so happy to see this jar find a loving home with one of you.
Hope to see some of your friendly faces there!

16/10/2025

Running a fall sale for the next few days so if you fancied something, have a look https://acornbeachceramics.etsy.com

08/10/2025

The heat of the wood kiln was nothing compared to the warmth of the community this week. 🔥

This little melted piece: a witness to the firing's intense, transformative energy, is my heart right now, some doubts blown up, some well and truly melted for the love of newfound friends and some dreams and hopes standing proud!

Wood firing is never just about clay; one of us said it best "half the time I wasn't even thinking about the pots" it's about community, teamwork, shared support, and explosive creativity. I am overflowing with gratitude for every helping hand, every shared meal, and all the new learnings I forged around that fire

I’m taking a quiet moment to relish this feeling of connection. Thank you to everyone who shared the journey. ❤️ Thanks to without whom none of this would have been possible. You make dreams come true

I'll be diving back in soon to share the actual pots and more moments from the fire, but right now, I’m just enjoying being a bit melted.

25/09/2025

After so much time spent selling online, I am beyond excited to meet you in person this weekend at Puces POP!
Come find my little stall in the Église Saint-Denis right in front of the Laurier metro station. I’ll be there with all my new work and plenty of your old favourites.
📍 Where: Église Saint-Denis (right in front of Laurier metro)
⏰ When: Fri 3 - 7PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11 to 5PM
✨ What I'm bringing:
The brand new 'No Offence' Mug Collection (can't wait to see which one speaks to you!)
Plenty of your favourite espresso cups, including the new Storm Blue and Wild Clay glazes.
A couple of teapots, perfect for thinking about those early Christmas presents. 😉
This is also your first chance to get on my made-to-order list for the holidays! Come have a chat and a cuppa, we'll talk gifts, handmade, gardening and birds, and maybe you'll find that cup who's destined to become a part of your morning routine.
I absolutely cannot wait to see you there!

18/09/2025

The new newsletter is going out next week so now is your time to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/FriendsofTheStudio
This time of the year it's almost all going to be about preparing gift season with an exclusive option for subscribers to make dire order of items that won't be available anywhere else, so jump in!

09/08/2025

I do small-batch pottery. Very small batch pottery. But I still love to develop my own glazes and a few years ago, as I arrived in Canada and it was the pandemic, I followed one of online workshops (they're brilliant, she's a star, she even has free online lessons and an amazing blog) and it really got me into testing glazes and actually making progress. I was already very much into ash glazes, but since I fire at cone 6, I had many misadventures and the workshop really helped me understand how things work and how to recognise categories of problems and attempt to fix them, with a method until it worked.
Since then, I never stopped, but being a small studio and having limited time for it, I can't run the big test batches I did during the workshop, with all the colourants and all the percentages every time, but I don't let this stop me.
Lately i was inspired by another brilliant fellow potter who shared the behind the scenes of his gorgeous birch glaze and he very graciously puts up his recipes on .
And I thought, well I have one base glaze I'm really proud of, maybe I could share it too... and I've been doing tests for a while so I decided to put it upon glazy too, it's called Abe's Low Tide and here I'm sharing my tips on developping new glazes even if you don't want ot test 28 colours like a maniac, in stages, in your small home studio.

I'll share the results this weekend, let's hope it looks pretty 🤞.

✍️ PS: Record your percentages in a notebook every single time. You think you'll remember, but you won't. Trust me, write it down!

23/05/2025

Rice bowls that I truly love are back in stock.

These are among my favourite things to make. They’re thrown thin, with a shape that feels light and elegant in the hand while it's more stable stable and sturdy than you would expect. At home, we use them daily: for dips, kimchi, sticky rice next to a curry, or even a scoop of ice cream. They somehow make every table feel a little more dressed up but also they're lovely to hold and pass down to your table neighbour.

What’s been even more fun is seeing what you use them for. I’ve had customers tell me they use them for espresso, for soy sauce, for a cold dry martini. I hadn’t expected that but it sure works!

They’re now freshly refilled in the shop, each one unique in its marbling and glaze. So go ahead, grab yours and let me know what you’re using yours for.

12/05/2025

So apparently “châteaucore” is a thing...
Think moody castles, linen tablecloths, soft candlelight, and handmade everything.
I guess stoneware pottery must be having its moment then 🤞with its plain stoneware vases for your dried flowers, sturdy goblets for the missus, and a jar for your tea leaves.
Us potters have been châteaucore for years without knowing, just vibing quietly in the background while the internet caught up 😌

I don’t take trends too seriously. They come and go, but I do love that handmade pottery is getting a bit of attention through them. It’s not always easy to compete with mass-produced stoneware, made far away, sold for the price of a coffee, and never touched by a potter’s hands. Back then, in real châteaux, things were made more locally (mostly). From the stoneware in the kitchens to the porcelain on the upper tables, pots were made to last and made with care. I love to hear that people today still think that kind of authenticity has value, and often that is why they prefer to save a bit longer but buy the right pot. I do not tire of sending them your way and nothing makes me happier than read comments that say "wonderful craftmanship". We don't really make for trends, at least I try to make things to last, to be practical, to be used, this is the essence of pottery!

If trends like châteaucore help you find what you love, if it can revitalize people's love for craftsmanship, then they’ll have done something good. And if this little basket can find a chateau home, well I'll be even merrier for it!

19/04/2025

Come and meet me today, I'll be there until 5pm with vases for your spring flowers, bird feeders and lots of tumblers and cups.
A few wood fired pieces from my last firing with are there too. Come have a look!

08/04/2025

As I head off to Prince Edward County and the ye11ow studio for my first-ever wood firing—a dream I’ve held onto for nearly a decade—I thought I'd post a quick visual retrospective of my journey. Ten years since I first touched clay, and still so much to explore, so much to learn. That’s the thing with pottery—it never gets old, it just gets bigger!

I started in 2014, took my first evening classes in 2015, and by the end of that year, I was teaching handbuilding and managing kiln firings at the studio that first welcomed me in. I’ve always been drawn to glaze chemistry, to testing combinations, layering textures, letting chance do part of the work.

Since then, I’ve moved across borders and time zones, bought (and re-bought) kilns, built new customer circles and quiet routines, and in every place, I’ve found my way back to clay.

Now that I’m preparing for markets again and firing new work, I thought I’d take a moment to look back. This post is a little look behind before and new big and exciting step ahead. Browse through the photos, they're ordered from oldest to newest—pots from different chapters, stitched together not just by time but by colour, shape, feeling. You’ll notice certain things that have stayed the same all along: the soft, earthy tones, the blues I always seem to return to, the shapes that sit gently in the hand. Even when I didn’t realise it, those threads were already there.

Thanks for being here. For watching things shift and settle and continue.

💛

03/02/2025

Winter has always felt like the most creative season to me. The world hushes under early nights and cold mornings, inviting us inward—to reflection, to stillness, to the slow joy of making. There’s something about the long, dark hours that makes it feel entirely right to linger. To sit with a book just a little longer, to let fingers wander over the strings of an instrument, to shape clay without hurry, exploring both new forms and familiar favorites.

This breakfast mug is one of those favorites. A best-seller last year, it has found its way into the hands of many fellow dunkers—those who love the ritual of warm coffee and crisp toast, one softened in the other. Its wide opening is just right for that, and the handle fits the hand with ease.

I’ve unloaded a couple last week and have more firing as I write. I’ll be updating my Etsy shop as soon as I can capture them in the right light. Til then, I hope these winter days bring you space to linger and to create in your own way.

ABe Ceramics