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HURRICANE HELENE UPDATE:
12/01/24 Update:
We are making pots and piggies, and soon will have our first reduction firing! I am overwhelmed with gratitude for so many incredible members of our Asheville pottery and arts community who are providing studio spaces, firing resources, and so much support, friendship, tools, tips, and more. We still need to find a new studio home, but for the rest of this year we are focused on firing salvaged works in progress, completing commissions (for very patient clients!), and making whatever work possible for the holiday season. If you are in the Asheville area, you can see what's coming out of the kiln at the Come Hell or Highwater Studio Tour on December 14-15, 10a-5p. I'll be at Plays in Mud Pottery in West Asheville, 735C Haywood Road. And if you can't make it in person, you can shop online with many participating artists. I'll be adding things to my online shop as they come out of the kiln, and I've added a gift card option. And due to popular demand, I've also added back my digital e-cookbook bundle. Check the Online Shop link above.
We are making pots and piggies, and soon will have our first reduction firing! I am overwhelmed with gratitude for so many incredible members of our Asheville pottery and arts community who are providing studio spaces, firing resources, and so much support, friendship, tools, tips, and more. We still need to find a new studio home, but for the rest of this year we are focused on firing salvaged works in progress, completing commissions (for very patient clients!), and making whatever work possible for the holiday season. If you are in the Asheville area, you can see what's coming out of the kiln at the Come Hell or Highwater Studio Tour on December 14-15, 10a-5p. I'll be at Plays in Mud Pottery in West Asheville, 735C Haywood Road. And if you can't make it in person, you can shop online with many participating artists. I'll be adding things to my online shop as they come out of the kiln, and I've added a gift card option. And due to popular demand, I've also added back my digital e-cookbook bundle. Check the Online Shop link above.
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Hurricane Helene came to the mountains of western North Carolina at the end of September and devastated our region. Entire communities swept away in landslides, surviving communities cut off behind lost roads, downed trees, sinkholes, and our water and power infrastructure gravely fractured. Water and power are still being restored, and many businesses (most small like us) are unable to operate. All of us who work at Crazy Green Studios are safe, which is most important. While I am deeply grateful to have my home in tact and was only without utilities for two weeks, both my studio at The Village Potters Clay Center and my beloved production studio for Crazy Green Studios have been completely demolished.
Inside our production studio
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Everything was under water 70+ hours
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Our sign, like our spirit, hanging on
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In my studio at The Village Potters
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The heart of our studios, like the one in the window, also lives on!
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I have started a GoFundMe to help raise the funds needed to replace equipment, source new materials, and a new studio space, as well as help my hourly staff in the interim while much of Asheville is still without water or power. We will rebuild our studio, but it will take some time as we are still in a rescue and recovery mode in the region. I am already so heartened by the outpouring of love and support from near and far. The incredible people working day and night to restore utilities, the array of organizations on the ground offering food, water, pack mules and anything necessary to reach the people in need. Artists from near and far offering studio space, resources, and big hugs. And the armies of volunteers who have been helping us at our building to salvage what we can, and help the building owners gut the building. It's been messy, stinky, mucky and then dusty work, and the depths of kindness that each individual brought with their hard work has been humbling.
I had just launched the online shop for new Flameware pieces the week before the storm. I have temporarily taken all stock off the website. Finished work was salvaged from the debris of the studio, but it will need deep cleaning, disinfecting, and possible re-firing. Works in progress will have to wait until I am able to fire them, and I will also have to replace my lost inventory of Flameware clay to make more. If you would like to pre-order any Flameware, please reach out. While I cannot guarantee delivery for the holidays, your order will be deeply appreciated and you will have an even more love-filled, individually handmade piece to treasure!
GoFundMe for Crazy Green Studios
GoFundMe for The Village Potters Clay Center
I had just launched the online shop for new Flameware pieces the week before the storm. I have temporarily taken all stock off the website. Finished work was salvaged from the debris of the studio, but it will need deep cleaning, disinfecting, and possible re-firing. Works in progress will have to wait until I am able to fire them, and I will also have to replace my lost inventory of Flameware clay to make more. If you would like to pre-order any Flameware, please reach out. While I cannot guarantee delivery for the holidays, your order will be deeply appreciated and you will have an even more love-filled, individually handmade piece to treasure!
GoFundMe for Crazy Green Studios
GoFundMe for The Village Potters Clay Center
Crazy Green Studios is led by potter & designer Lori Theriault. She and her team create beautiful, unique service wares, exquisitely designed decorative wares, keepsake favors and branded swag in Asheville, NC.
Lori makes beautiful pots you can use every day in home or professional kitchens. Her service wares for restaurants are designed with each chef to create singular forms that become a beautiful canvas to showcase their exquisite and delicious work . Her decorative and design lines are notable for organic forms that use glazes, surface textures, sgrafitto carving, delicate brush work, and wax resist to create visual and tactile interest. A new line of limited edition cookware pieces, made in Flameware clay will be a cherished addition you'll want in your kitchen. In all, Lori and her team are creating heirloom memories for a lifetime.
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Serviceware for Home & Professional Kitchens
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I love working with creative chefs and food professionals to design work that results in beautiful canvases for their creations. Every piece is individually hand made, finished, and glazed. Click for more examples , including dinnerware, and information on wholesale...
Flameware
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FLAMEWARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE. Flameware clay is specially formulated to resist the shock of an open flame and it has exceptional heat retaining properties. What that means is pieces made in this clay can be used in the oven and directly on top of the stove, on gas flame or electric burners. Read more here...
Vincent Series
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Textures, both tactile and visual, inform much of my studio work. The Vincent Series is inspired by the textural elements of Vincent Van Gogh's works. Read more here...
