The ninth year is pottery.

A piece shaped entirely by someone’s hands, for someone you’ve held onto.

The ninth anniversary is the pottery one in both the old list and the modern one, which almost never happens.

Everything below I built by hand in a home studio in Los Angeles, without a wheel and without molds, so every one is different.

About me, and how I make these

What I’d send for a ninth year

Arrives carefully wrapped, ready to give.

Matcha set II, a handbuilt speckled ceramic bowl with a bamboo whisk and a whisk rest

Matcha set II Bowl, whisk and rest. A whole morning in one box. $130 On Etsy

Ink marks cup III, a handbuilt ceramic cup with dark brushed marks under a clear gloss, 11 oz

Ink marks cup III Stoneware, 330 ml (11 oz). Dark strokes under clear gloss. $60 On Etsy

Plate set of two, handbuilt ceramic plates with a speckled glaze, 8.5 x 7.5 in and 6 x 5.5 in

Plate set of two Stoneware, 8.5 x 7.5 in and 6 x 5.5 in. For a table two people share. $55 On Etsy

Pedestal bowl, speckled, a handbuilt ceramic bowl with a speckled glaze on a footed base

Pedestal bowl, speckled Stoneware, 11 x 10 x 6 in. The one that sits out all year. $210 On Etsy

What people ask me

Why is pottery the ninth anniversary gift?

The ninth anniversary is the pottery one in both the old list and the modern one, which almost never happens.

Is each piece really one of a kind?

I built everything here by hand in a home studio in Los Angeles, without a wheel and without molds, so every one is different.

Does it arrive ready to give?

I wrap each piece by hand. It goes out on the next post day after your order, and I write to tell you when it has.

If none of these is the one, there are more in the collection.

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