About the service
I am a ceramicist and work on a pottery wheel: I turn each bird drinker or feeder by hand from a piece of clay, without molds or casting. This is precisely why the product turns out to be truly author-made — with a lively line of the wall, light asymmetry of the bowl and character that cannot be repeated by stamping. If you want to see not factory plastic in your garden, but warm ceramic made by hands — this is exactly what I offer.
The process is not fast, and this is a conscious choice in favor of quality. First I pull the bowl or feeder tray itself and bring it to the desired profile, then — a separate leg-stand for the drinker, so that after joining the thing reads as a single form, not glued from parts. First firing — biscuit, after which I apply food-grade frost-resistant glaze designed for freeze-thaw cycles without cracks or chips, and conduct a second firing at high temperature, so that the clay body becomes dense and practically waterproof in itself, not only due to surface coating.
I pay special attention to practical things. Drinkers have a sloping bottom and neat drainage hole with matching-color stopper: water is easy to drain for cleaning and it does not stagnate, attracting mosquitoes. Feeders have a wide rim that holds feed from spilling, and you can choose a socket for a garden stake, a separately turned stand or a flat trimmed bottom for a shelf or stump. Before starting work, I discuss with the customer the size, glaze color and installation method, and at the leather-hard clay stage I send photos of the real piece, not a catalog image.
I have been working with outdoor ceramics for many years and know exactly which glazes survive winter and which are only good in the studio. From the receipt of the advance payment to the finished, twice-fired piece usually takes about ten days, I carefully pack each piece for shipping or personal delivery. If you need a garden accent that will truly last a long time and that birds will use — I will gladly turn it for you.
The process is not fast, and this is a conscious choice in favor of quality. First I pull the bowl or feeder tray itself and bring it to the desired profile, then — a separate leg-stand for the drinker, so that after joining the thing reads as a single form, not glued from parts. First firing — biscuit, after which I apply food-grade frost-resistant glaze designed for freeze-thaw cycles without cracks or chips, and conduct a second firing at high temperature, so that the clay body becomes dense and practically waterproof in itself, not only due to surface coating.
I pay special attention to practical things. Drinkers have a sloping bottom and neat drainage hole with matching-color stopper: water is easy to drain for cleaning and it does not stagnate, attracting mosquitoes. Feeders have a wide rim that holds feed from spilling, and you can choose a socket for a garden stake, a separately turned stand or a flat trimmed bottom for a shelf or stump. Before starting work, I discuss with the customer the size, glaze color and installation method, and at the leather-hard clay stage I send photos of the real piece, not a catalog image.
I have been working with outdoor ceramics for many years and know exactly which glazes survive winter and which are only good in the studio. From the receipt of the advance payment to the finished, twice-fired piece usually takes about ten days, I carefully pack each piece for shipping or personal delivery. If you need a garden accent that will truly last a long time and that birds will use — I will gladly turn it for you.
