Ceramics with an eye for design

Every piece here is one-of-a-kind, hand-built and glazed in my studio. These works are vessels of function and some playful mystery. Here are ritual objects, daily companions, and strange familiars. You’ll find work with finishes that feel satisfying in the hand and are pleasing to the eye.

Put a Monsterpot in your kitchen and instantly your day gets more exciting and curious. Smile mischievously when you hand your guests an eyeball mug full of tea. Surprise your dear one with a special and unique gift. Pottery with personality becomes like a treasured family member whose daily presence is a source of comfort.

A cohort of monsterpots is made from a single block of clay.

After drying a few weeks, they gestate in the kiln for about 13 hours at 1900 deg F. Then they’re given their multilayered coat of glaze and back into the kiln they go for a second firing period of 8 hours. There, they’ll be subjected to temperatures of 2200 deg F. This will mature the stoneware to the desired hardness and give them their colorful and glossy surfaces. No two are alike even if they’re made to be part of a cohort.

I like to give them old-fashioned names although I’m drawn to all kinds of beautiful names from all over the world. (Want to suggest an unusual name? — has to be one I haven’t used before!) There are now over 400 monsterpots out in the world...

I mix dry materials from a formula to create a recipe and then I fire them on test tiles to be sure the glaze is a good fit for my clay. The interiors of pots and mugs are food grade and safe. Mugs are microwave friendly and dishwasher safe but the Monsterpots should be washed by hand.

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Faye Monsterpot

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Faye Monsterpot

$125.00

Meet Faye. She's a uniquely made, handbuilt stoneware monsterpot with a lid for a head and made to make you smile even before you've had your coffee. This sturdy tri-footed stoneware pot is glazed with layers of streaky pale green over translucent Chun green with a lacy layer of pale blue lithium wash over top. The interior is glazed clear.

Pots are good for all manner of loose items like pet treats, coins, keepsakes— and yes, butter because the lid is a good fit. This piece is also a good keepsake vessel for the ashes of a beloved furry family member.

Faye is happy to just sit on your countertop and give you a big goofy grin.

(Standard 101 Buff Stoneware clay, fired to Cone 6. All glazes are home-created in Kest Pottery Studio.)

#434

Hand wash please to safeguard the teeth.

And if you need a special urn for a beloved pet’s ashes, please reach out.

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Ceramics with an eye for design

A cohort of monsterpots is made from a single block of clay.

CURRENTLY IN THE KEST POTTERY SHOP

Kristin Kest Fine Art, Illustration, and Ceramics

A working artist living in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley of York, PA

Ceramics with an eye for design

A cohort of monsterpots is made from a single block of clay.

CURRENTLY IN THE KEST POTTERY SHOP

Faye Monsterpot

Faye Monsterpot

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