waylande gregory.

waylande gregory is said to be the greatest ceramicist of our time.

{yes ceramicist is a word, i double checked.}

he was born in kansas and even lived in kansas city for awhile!

my mother in law works in one of my most favorite home stores, ferguson phillips.

unfortunately she and the store are in wichita, but i try to visit each time i go down there.

the last time i was there, i snapped a picture of this little 5 inch shallow bowl.

i love this little spotted feline

and his orange spotted background.

unfortunately he did such amazing work he's super famous, and his pieces are pricey. but i so wish i could bring this one home.

they have lots of his stuff right now.

each insanely beautiful...

modern and vintage and colorful and.... beautiful.

here are some more i found around the internets.

i can't even pick a favorite!!

except it might be that little square spotted plate.

or the gray and gold bird.

or the orange leaopard above.

yep. can't.

what's yours?

JILL

hello. i want you.

and you. and you. and you. and you, too.

like holy smokes.

these aren't on their site any longer, but i bet i could make something like em by dipping (terrible gross awful) wood spoons in black paint and then polka dotting it with white. might try it. 

want.

and why didn't i want junk like this when i was in pottery?

i could have made these cute lil things in 2.2 seconds.

my uncle is a potter-er and my grandma used to teach pottery classes out of her basement. did you know that? now ya do. wish we still had her kiln.

pyramid rock paperweights.

even more rocks.

never enough rocks.

all good stuff from the leif shop.

JILL

gnome sweet gnome

remember last season when the novogratz's sprayed their little lawn gnome gold?

now you can have one of your very own in your kitchen!

you can buy this guy here.

i don't have a cookie jar because my cookies typically don't hang around for very long.

maybe if they were concealed in a jar... i might not eat them in the first 2 days they come home from the grocery store.

this gnome would be adorbs.

JILL

cozy mod

gry frager for normann copenhagen made these delightfully cozy, yet simple and modern dishware... based off of old tea towels.

i think they are perfect.

granny chic.

but better?

they'd help to make one beautiful sunday brunch, no??

JILL

frances palmer

i was just telling an engaged friend, who was asking advice on everyday dishes, how much i love my frances palmer pearl collection. the dishes are classic with the added feel of each one being hand made, and with the various plate and bowl options you can get a unique look to fit your personality.

when i got married a couple of years ago there were not as many wonderful colors as there are now. recently i was at global table in soho sorting through the hundreds of fabulous bowls, plates, vases, and serving pieces they have there when i stumbled upon the robins egg blue color that frances now offers.

i am thinking i would like to mix some of that color in with the cream that i have. each of her colors has such a special warmth to it.

frances palmer is based in weston, ct. and offers both custom works, which she throws by hand in her studio one at a time for private clients, and the pearl collection, a line cast from her handmade molds by century-old buffalo pottery. the pearl collection is dishwasher safe and can go into the microwave or oven with no problem.

cake in top left corner on frances palmer stand

it is wonderful to see how frances’ work has really taken off over the last two years with many features in all of the shelter magazines, and she was just mentioned in this article by kevin sharkey in the nytimes. several stores in new york carry her pearl collection including bergdorfs, global table, and michael c. fina. and on of my all time favorites stores in kc, george

terbovich (a later post), has her pottery and also offers registries. it is also available for sale on her website.

now to just complete my collection.

xoxo

elle.

photos via frances palmer and martha stewart and slow love life