Built by Potters
I started East Fork nearly 12 years ago as a potter. For the first 5 years, everything we made started on the wheel and was finished in a large wood-burning kiln the size of a school bus. Along the way I was joined by 2 amazing humans (my co-founders Connie and John) and in 2015 we bought our first gas kiln, and the collection you see today was born. Between that drastic pivot we have scoured old abandoned factories, nursing machines back to life that lay dormant for many years, and took ourselves through our own little industrial revolution in a few short years. - Alex Matisse, Founder
in Eggshell
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The pottery we make has every detail considered, with many of them being so subtle that they convey more as a feeling than a design element. There is nothing extraneous, yet the forms are not stark or minimal.
When we were taught to throw as apprentices we were told that pots have bones and skin and muscle, that a dinner plate should have the fullness of the moon, and this approach to our design has followed us ever since.
When finding beautiful, well crafted, and durable objects to sit side by side with the things we make in our own factory we take the same care and thoughtful approach: Who makes them and how they are crafted? How do they hold up under everyday use? What utility and joy will they bring to the table?
in Night Swim
in Molasses
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Where Beauty Meets Utility
