| Little e Pottery is a line of beautiful and functional stoneware pottery for the home. All pieces are lead free, and dishwasher, microwave and oven safe. |
| Handmade Stoneware Pottery By Emily Owen |
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About The Artist:
I am a nature lover and have always been
hands on and creative. I loved school, and was
thrilled and fascinated by learning, but I always
especially looked forward to art class. My high
school art teacher, Ken Austin, saw potential in
me and pushed me to explore my passion and
develop my skills. He helped me to see
possibilities in myself that I had never before
considered. I knew then that I wanted to be an
artist, but I had not yet gotten the opportunity to
work with clay.
hands on and creative. I loved school, and was
thrilled and fascinated by learning, but I always
especially looked forward to art class. My high
school art teacher, Ken Austin, saw potential in
me and pushed me to explore my passion and
develop my skills. He helped me to see
possibilities in myself that I had never before
considered. I knew then that I wanted to be an
artist, but I had not yet gotten the opportunity to
work with clay.
The summer before I started college, I took a pottery class at Laguna
Gloria, in Austin, TX. I loved working on the wheel, and I knew that I
wanted to learn more as soon as I could. It took two years at The
University of Texas before I was able to register for classes in clay- but
once I did, I did not have a semester when I was not working in the
ceramic studio. However, my first passion was photography, and I was
convinced that it would be through pictures that I would earn my living.
When I graduated with my BFA in studio art, my family bought me a
medium format camera, and I began considering how I would make a
living in the art of photography. I worked in a photo lab, and I had a few
small ventures into family photography in natural settings.... But I missed
clay. I decided that I would build a studio, and I would teach in order to
make money.
I built my studio in 2002, but I never did end up teaching. Instead I got a
job with a production pottery in the glaze department. For three years I
worked at Sunset Canyon Pottery glazing pots and loading kilns. I had a
small section in the gallery with my own pots for sale, and I had spring
and fall sales at my home studio, but my production was low- it was
mostly for fun.
Then in 2007, I decided to fully launch Little e Pottery. I started signing up
for shows, and I began working full time in my home studio.
I am grateful every day for having been given the gift of artistic ability. I
form earth into vessels that are both functional and beautiful, and that
enrich people's lives. They are imbued with the vitality of handmade
craftsmanship, and the spirit of the earth, and thereby carry a life of their
own. It is something like nostalgia- a feeling of beauty that is rich and
deep, but impossible to define.
People often tell me of a certain piece that they have had and used for 10
or 20 or 30 years- and how after all that time how it still means so much
to them. The right pot can become so special that it is almost a part of
the family. And it lifts my heart to know that some of my pieces will
eventually have that place of distinction and love in someone's heart and
home long after I have forgotten them.
My long term goal is to retain and enrich my gratitude, and not lose sight
of the beauty of my gift or get lost in the struggles for money and survival.
I remind myself daily that if I keep passion and gratitude in my heart, and
work hard and stay creative that prosperity will inevitably follow.
Pottery brings the beauty of the earth into people's hands. It is the vessel
to deliver nourishment, and is the center of the hearth; the center of the
home. To each of you who appreciate its worth and continue to support
individual craftsmen like myself I extend the warmest of thanks.
Emily Owen
Please explore my photo gallery, and feel free to contact me with order
requests, new ideas, or feedback of any kind.
Gloria, in Austin, TX. I loved working on the wheel, and I knew that I
wanted to learn more as soon as I could. It took two years at The
University of Texas before I was able to register for classes in clay- but
once I did, I did not have a semester when I was not working in the
ceramic studio. However, my first passion was photography, and I was
convinced that it would be through pictures that I would earn my living.
When I graduated with my BFA in studio art, my family bought me a
medium format camera, and I began considering how I would make a
living in the art of photography. I worked in a photo lab, and I had a few
small ventures into family photography in natural settings.... But I missed
clay. I decided that I would build a studio, and I would teach in order to
make money.
I built my studio in 2002, but I never did end up teaching. Instead I got a
job with a production pottery in the glaze department. For three years I
worked at Sunset Canyon Pottery glazing pots and loading kilns. I had a
small section in the gallery with my own pots for sale, and I had spring
and fall sales at my home studio, but my production was low- it was
mostly for fun.
Then in 2007, I decided to fully launch Little e Pottery. I started signing up
for shows, and I began working full time in my home studio.
I am grateful every day for having been given the gift of artistic ability. I
form earth into vessels that are both functional and beautiful, and that
enrich people's lives. They are imbued with the vitality of handmade
craftsmanship, and the spirit of the earth, and thereby carry a life of their
own. It is something like nostalgia- a feeling of beauty that is rich and
deep, but impossible to define.
People often tell me of a certain piece that they have had and used for 10
or 20 or 30 years- and how after all that time how it still means so much
to them. The right pot can become so special that it is almost a part of
the family. And it lifts my heart to know that some of my pieces will
eventually have that place of distinction and love in someone's heart and
home long after I have forgotten them.
My long term goal is to retain and enrich my gratitude, and not lose sight
of the beauty of my gift or get lost in the struggles for money and survival.
I remind myself daily that if I keep passion and gratitude in my heart, and
work hard and stay creative that prosperity will inevitably follow.
Pottery brings the beauty of the earth into people's hands. It is the vessel
to deliver nourishment, and is the center of the hearth; the center of the
home. To each of you who appreciate its worth and continue to support
individual craftsmen like myself I extend the warmest of thanks.
Emily Owen
Please explore my photo gallery, and feel free to contact me with order
requests, new ideas, or feedback of any kind.
Little e Pottery
