Handmade Ceramics · Est. 2022
Vessels shaped slowly, by hand.
Original stoneware and porcelain — wheel-thrown or hand-built, then trimmed and glazed in small batches. Each piece carries the quiet marks of the hand that made it.
Original stoneware and porcelain — wheel-thrown or hand-built, then trimmed and glazed in small batches. Each piece carries the quiet marks of the hand that made it.
Each collection is released in a limited seasonal run. Every piece is one of a kind — when it's gone, it's gone.
A winter series thrown in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — marbling “Brooklyn Red” clay with a Laguna white, the two bodies wedged together so every piece carries its own drifting grain, no two alike. Each is finished in a zinc-free clear glaze.
In the studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: throwing the marble — “Brooklyn Red” clay with a Laguna white — and the full series lined up for the bisque kiln.
Before firing
FinishedThe same pot — raw off the wheel, then glazed after the kiln. The natural marble grain runs right through the clay, locked under a zinc-free clear glaze.
More from the series
SoldSold — and settled into its new home.
Hand-painted pieces worked from rice-paper transfers and brushwork — underglaze and stroke-and-coat, painted by hand and sealed beneath a zinc-free clear glaze.
On HoldSmall-batch stoneware, hand-painted with trailing stems of lavender and finished in a zinc-free clear glaze — it deepens the pinks and purples and locks them under glass. Inside, the Running Hot Chowder (RHC) glaze is drawn in lines that open like peacock plumage — pink pooling into violet and blue as it radiates from the well. One of a kind, and the larger of a near-identical pair.
On HoldThe shorter, oval-mouthed sister to L444 — the same hand-painted lavender beneath a zinc-free clear glaze. Here the Running Hot Chowder (RHC) glaze is worked in circles laced through the lines, so the peacock blooms differently than its twin — pinks and violets breaking into blue from the well. A near-identical pair, each interior its own.
A single, limited run of hand-lettered garden markers — made once, for one season, and never repeated. A small project set apart from the seasonal collections.
A pass across the two sets — a one-time run, made once and never repeated. Every piece has since found a home.
Rebecca West Remmey is a ceramicist working in small-batch stoneware in Madison, Connecticut. Drawn to quiet, functional forms, she makes pottery meant to be used every day — the kind of object that becomes more familiar and more loved with time.
Most pieces begin on the wheel; others she builds entirely by hand. From there she paints directly onto the form using rice-paper transfers, then mixes her own colors from underglazes and stroke-and-coats — layering them to build custom depths of color that no two paintings ever share.
— Rebecca
The process by hand: rice-paper transfers, then custom colors mixed from underglazes and stroke-and-coats.
Slow work, made properly. Each vessel takes weeks from first throw to final firing.
Each piece is wheel-thrown or built entirely by hand from raw stoneware or porcelain, then left to firm before trimming.
Bisque-fired, then finished in hand-mixed glazes — layered, tested, and chosen for each individual piece.
A final high-temperature firing sets the glaze and hardens the clay into a durable, food-safe finished work.
Interested in an available piece, a custom commission, or wholesale for your shop? Send a note and Rebecca will respond personally.
Beyond the seasonal collections, a good deal of the studio's work is made to order — custom flower bowls, one-off gifts, and special requests. Here's a look at pieces made for collectors past, and a standing invitation: if you have something in mind, let's make it together.
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A curated showcase of handmade pottery available for purchase. Meet the artists, tour the studio, and enjoy light refreshments. Free and open to the public — all are welcome.
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