Welcome to Phinney Pottery.
Located in Haydenville, Massachusets, Phinney Pottery produces handmade pottery of all kinds: stoneware garden sculpture and pun flowers, wheel-thrown bird baths, functional and whimsical teapots, small ceramic sculpture and netsuke miniatures, lamps and story book character night lights, porcelain baby sets (cups and bowls) with animal designs, and, of course, mugs, pitchers, cookie jars, and dinner ware. The studio is open to the public but you should call ahead if coming from a long distance.
Custom commissions are welcome, but for standard items you are welcome to purchase online from the gallery. Enjoy!
(note to all: shipping charges are based on weight and distance so are calculated individually as an add-on to each item's purchase price)
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GARDEN SCULPTURE: birdbaths, punflowers, stoneware animals
Messenger Owls/ Handmade Ceramic Sculpture
Each of these wheel thrown stoneware owls will hold a message for a family member or a "note-to-self" in its beak while quietly gazing at you with life like eyes. Begun as an "egg" of hollow clay on my potter's wheel, and altered, added to, and feathered during the drying process, each is glazed with stoneware glazes and fired in a gas-fueled kiln.
TREE-CLIMBING NUTHATCH --CERAMIC SCULPTURE
This lifelike little nuthatch has the ability to cling to a tree trunk or a wall, thanks to a hole in its underbelly which can be hooked over a finish (headless) nail hammered into a tree, fence, or woodwork. It is designed to hang head downwards, looking out at the world. Begun on a potter's wheel, then altered as it dried, the glaze was brushed on and it was fired to cone 7 in my gas kiln. Then its wire feet were twisted, coated in rubber, and attached. They're bendable!
chickadee
I make many birds like this chickadee by throwing an enclosed hollow "egg" on the potter's wheel, and then shaping it as it dries. I make nuthatches, woodpeckers, tufted titmice, juncos, blue jays, and more. Lots of fun! Price varies depending on size and complexity of bird, from 40 to 65 dollars, with chickadees and nuthatches 40, blue jays 65 and other birds in between. Shipping charges extra.
LAMPS and night lights, lanterns, and sconces.
WHEEL THROWN POTTERY LAMP w/ SLIP DESIGNS OF FISH
A blue-glazed stoneware lamp with a pattern of swimming fish slip painted on its unglazed central band.
STONEWARE CLAY LAMP w/ WAX RESIST PATTERN
A wheel thrown lamp ideal in size for a bedside table, in earth tones, and a freely applied pattern of leaves and stems.
Benjamin Bunny Nightlight
A good hearted little fellow with a light filled basket and a gentle expression. Made of wheel thrown and altered stoneware, with a snap-in candelabra socket in his basket.
Rabbit Nightlight
A guardian spirit on a dark night, this wheel-thrown and altered stoneware incarnation of one of my favorite Beatrix Potter characters can live in a child's bedroom, lighten a bathroom, or hold forth in the living room. His paw holds the candelabra socket and its bulb.
Starry Nightlight
This unglazed, pierced stoneware lantern comes with a clear bulb that casts stars of light around a dark room. The bulb can be changed to a colored one for a cozy, less luminous effect. By day its sandy surface is reminiscent of a sea urchin. Price is 45 dollars, with shipping charges extra.
FUNCTIONAL: mugs, bowls, pitchers, dinnerware and more.
BLACK GLAZED PORCELAIN PITCHER with ETCHED DESIGN
A quart pitcher in porcelain, with a clear liner glaze and a black slip glaze applied to the outer surface in the "greenware" state. The design is then etched through the black glaze to the white clay beneath.
STONEWARE BUTTER DISH/ HANDMADE POTTERY
This butter dish has a shiny white glaze and blue and green floral decoration. It holds a stick of butter and will also fit into a butter compartment in a refrigerator.
STONEWARE COOKIE JAR WITH SLIP-PAINTED LOONS
A large jar which could be a flour canister as well as a cookie jar, this is wheel-thrown and hand decorated, then bisque fired,glazed with a white liner glaze and a matt blue exterior glaze.
Mug with Loons
I make lots of mugs decorated with slip paintings of loons, some flying, sometimes swimming with their young, or, like this one, stretching its wings.Price varies from 20-24 dollars depending on size. Shipping extra.
Mug with horses
I make lots of mugs decorated with horses: Appaloosas, pintos. and sometimes dappled greys or bays. Each one is different, but related.Price varies from 20-24 depending on size. Shipping charges are extra.
Baby's Cup and Bowl
This is a sample of the porcelain baby sets I make. I impress the animal designs into the wet clay, then refine them by carving. I glaze them in a fluid lead-free glaze, blue as shown, or green, yellow or deep cherry pink. I have carved many animal stamps to use: cats, elephants, horses, dragons, dinosaurs, dolphins, and more. Contact me to see what colors are currently available in which designs. Shipping charges are extra.
MINIATURES and netsukes
SLEEPING CAT / HANDMADE CERAMIC SCULPTURE
This tiny curled up kitty looks like a cat named Misty I used to know. Made on my potter's wheel and altered (no double entendre intended) by squeezing, pinching, and other techniques that sound painful, but the cat didn't feel a thing; she slept right through!
MINIATURE STONEWARE DOG
Like the little, heavy, red-painted iron dog on my mothers kitchen shelf, this little guy has a wistful "please like me" expression. Unlike the iron dog of 50's vintage, this fellow is made of glazed and fired stoneware clay, handmade in my western Massachusetts workshop. The penny is included to show the scale.
RABBIT NETSUKE/ STONEWARE SCULPTURE
This tiny rabbit is very lifelike with its dark and shiny eyes, and its hint of a smile. Begun as a hollow egg shape on my potter's wheel, it was hand sculpted into its finished shape, then glazed and fired at cone 7 reduction.
HIBERNATING CHIPMUNK- STONEWARE SCULPTURE
This little fellow can inspire an insomniac to curl up and give in to slumber. Made of stoneware clay on a potter's wheel, glazed and fired to cone 7.
STONEWARE TURTLE NETSUKE SCULPTURE
This little turtle is a bit larger and certainly more colorful than the traditional ivory netsukes, but it traces its clan lineage to them. Begun as a hollow egg on a potter's wheel, it hatches (with considerable handwork) into a glazed and fired clay sculpture with a lifelike charm.
FUNCTIONAL but also funny
Dragon Princesses
These endearing young dragons are actually vases; with a few flowers in each "wing hole", they represent the power of Spring and new growth. When they're not wearing flowers they like to sport these gauzy, beribboned wings that are reminiscent of medieval ladies' hats.
Queen of Hearts cookie jar
An opinionated and somewhat bossy cookie jar, with a white and blue glazed dress and a regal hat. She nevertheless begs you to partake.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER PITCHERS--POTS with ARMS
These functional stoneware pitchers have quite an attitude. The handle of the mother pitcher is a braid; her arms are crossed crossly. The creamer (daughter) has her handle/arm on her hip. She really doesn't let her mother bother her in the slightest. Each is available separately ( the mother is and the daughter is ) or as a pair.
