The Clay Moose

The Clay Moose Handmade pottery for home, the garden, and gifting

Nice community support! Go ! Go .gallup.7
01/21/2023

Nice community support! Go ! Go .gallup.7

So much to celebrate and many are missed! ❤️ thank you all for your support, likes, loves, purchases, and comments. Runn...
12/24/2022

So much to celebrate and many are missed! ❤️ thank you all for your support, likes, loves, purchases, and comments. Running a tiny operation makes all of you the more precious to us. No matter what you celebrate, may it bring you joy, peace, and love.

has been so generous to . Stop in and check out the pottery gifts from 3 local potters . I just dropped off chip and d...
12/17/2022

has been so generous to . Stop in and check out the pottery gifts from 3 local potters . I just dropped off chip and dip platters, ornaments, kitchen utensil crocks and there will be more over the next few days.

I am so excited to have some of my pottery in The Vermont Bowl Co. with a few ornaments and trinket dishes. Nicest peopl...
12/17/2022

I am so excited to have some of my pottery in The Vermont Bowl Co. with a few ornaments and trinket dishes. Nicest people, beautiful wood turned bowls, cutting boards, etc.

I’m going to add stars to these. Every market is a learning experience and I was surprised to have to explain these were...
12/11/2022

I’m going to add stars to these. Every market is a learning experience and I was surprised to have to explain these were not bee hives, but luminary trees. But hey, we’re in VT and I’m about the only one around that doesn’t keep bees - and who needs fake trees when it’s nothing but real trees outside? . Living and learning!

This morning’s batch out of the kiln. Making these luminary trees 🌲 is so much fun! Fairy lights included. If it was me,...
12/09/2022

This morning’s batch out of the kiln. Making these luminary trees 🌲 is so much fun! Fairy lights included. If it was me, I’d buy the whole set 🤠 See you Saturday at Historic Memorial Hall, downtown Wilmington! Thank you for organizing this artisans market!

I love making trivets and try to make them reflective of the seasons and of things we all love. I have not made these sn...
12/08/2022

I love making trivets and try to make them reflective of the seasons and of things we all love. I have not made these snowflake trivets in a few years and am happy to be bring them to The Bright Lights market. Swipe 👈🏽 for market deets. I’ll be vending there Saturday 🤠

20 carefully curated artisans are hoping to see you at Historic Memorial Hall, Wilmington. Deets on last pic. I’ll be th...
12/08/2022

20 carefully curated artisans are hoping to see you at Historic Memorial Hall, Wilmington. Deets on last pic. I’ll be there vending on Saturday and volunteering on Friday. I know I have my credit card warmed up for quite a few of the artisans’ work

Please stop over at the Bright Lights Artisans Market in historic Memorial Hall, Wilmington VT. To support local artisan...
12/07/2022

Please stop over at the Bright Lights Artisans Market in historic Memorial Hall, Wilmington VT. To support local artisans and make a dent in your shopping list! I’ll be there Saturday all day.

12/04/2022

“Holiday host etiquette: If you’re inviting someone to your home and they’re grieving, be sure you’re inviting their grief to attend, too. It will be there, anyway.
Don’t invite someone with the goal of cheering them up for the holidays. Don’t expect them to put on a happy face in your home. Don’t demand they fake it til they make it or do something they don’t want to do, either.
Invite them with the loving intention of offering cheer and companionship and unconditional care during the holidays. To do this, you will need to honor and be responsive to their needs and emotions.
You can do this by privately acknowledging their grief when you make the invitation:
“I know this season is extra hard and you’re heart is hurting. You and your grief are welcome in our home. Come as you are, we’d be honored to have you with us.”
It’s also incredibly loving to honor the reality that it’s often hard for grieving folks to know what they will want, need, be up for, or able to tolerate at the holidays.
Giving them an invite without the need for commitment and permission to change their mind is extra loving:
“You don’t have to decide right now. If it feels good to be with us, we will have plenty of food and love for you-just show up! I’ll check in again the day before to see if you’re feeling up to coming over and if there’s anything you’d like me to know about how we can support you.”
Your grieving friends and fam need attentive care and responsiveness at the holidays, not plans to keep them busy, distracted, and happy.
If they’re laughing, laugh with them.
If they’re weeping, ask if they’d like your company or your help finding a quiet place to snuggle up alone for awhile.
If they’re laughing while weeping, and this is more common than you’d think, stay with them - this is a precious moment of the human experience that is truly sacred.
We don’t need to protect ourselves or each other from grief at the holidays. In fact, the more we embrace grief as an honored holiday guest, the more healthy, happy, and whole our holidays will be.” -Sarah Nannen
www.stephysplace.org

Trivets, trees, with lots of music and snowflakes. Just waiting for the snow!
12/04/2022

Trivets, trees, with lots of music and snowflakes. Just waiting for the snow!

It rained and rained and rained today. Thank you - Margaret? For the seafood soup that is warming our cockles tonight! ...
12/04/2022

It rained and rained and rained today. Thank you - Margaret? For the seafood soup that is warming our cockles tonight! 😊

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Why Clay? Why Moose?

What is your passion? What makes you slow down and take note of the many beautiful people and places in your life? For me, my passion is working with clay and creating functional and decorative pottery. Sometimes I am inspired by a flower I saw growing in your garden, or by a conversation I had with someone I respect and care deeply about. Sometimes, weird ideas just pop in my head, or I feel the muse pulling at me from the work by another (and usually way more talented) artisan.

As a kid, my parents gifted me with the best present ever - a cross country camping trip, from the burbs of New Jersey, to the Pacific Northwest. On that trip, I experienced my first siting of a moose, and relished every moment of every amazing national park we visited along the way. The impact that magnificent animal had on me has lasted forever. I simply love everything about them. Their antlers, their size, their elusiveness, and the fact that an animal that large dines only on vegetation. I chose the business name, “The Clay Moose” to celebrate that experience and the eternal hope to spot them again, in the wild, some day soon.

With gratitude and joy, thank you for visiting my shop!