ABe Ceramics

ABe Ceramics Stoneware ceramics turned on my potter's wheel in Montreal.

07/23/2026

Every pot starts like this: wet hands, spinning clay, a quiet room, a good audio book on the good days. And somewhere down the line it ends up a thing we use!
More than 10 years and it still fascinates me, from mud to table, or in the case of this large dog slow feeder from mud to the floor, then slightly angled shape is to keep their ears out of their food, I'll be making more of these when I'm back to making after the summer fairs and vacations so DM me if you want yours to be added to my growing list of orders!

07/20/2026

We all need a little quirkiness to brighten up our moods on Monday so here you go:
He's made of clay, he's shaped like a fish, and apparently he still wanted to go for a swim.
The making is up top (wheel, hands, the slow build of a creature that doesn't exist yet). Then he goes where every fish belongs, glugs his approval, and pours.
(For the uninitiated: a gluggle jug makes a deeply satisfying glug sound when you pour from it. Mine are named after my own family name, which translates to angler fish — so really, this was inevitable.)
This one has found its home but I'll be making new ones soon so get on the mailing list and pre-order yours!

A few of you found me at Way's Mills this week, so welcome ❤️ this is a good place to start.I make functional pottery, w...
07/13/2026

A few of you found me at Way's Mills this week, so welcome ❤️ this is a good place to start.
I make functional pottery, which means bowls and mugs and plates that are meant to be used every day. But the reason I make them is this: I think objects absorb the life around them. Use something long enough, in the right moments, and it becomes more than just the thing one bought.
The egg plate started as something I made for myself. I grew up going with my gran to collect eggs from her hens in the south of France, and til toay I have such fond memories of us doing that. When I moved to Scotland as a teenager, my gran there made the same thing: sliced bread this time, often a breakfast more than a lunch but it was the same comfort. I wanted to create an object to celebrate my love of this dish, "elevate" as they say this simple dish to make it something worth noticing and sitting down for. The first Etsy drop took a while to sell out but then it found its people and it has since become a best seller which is more than I hoped for.
Because I've moved around so much and am again in the midst of packing, I wanted to make a smaller version now, just the eggcup but same story, same love so this new version is coming to the shop and the studio sale in Montreal this august. There will be 2 colours the Trotternish and the Prairie.
I can't wait for you to get them and tell me your egg and soldiers stories 🥚

06/26/2026

Week one is done. The rain came, the pots stayed, and somehow the gluggle jugs found their people anyway! Turns out fish don't mind a bit of weather.
Thank you to everyone who came to visit and thanks for everyone who's gone to the trouble of finding me here afterwards, it's much appreciated!
Second weekend starts now, until Sunday the 28th. I hope the sun will shine a bit longer this time and you can enjoy the pots and take a stroll in this amazing location.

Table 17, Way's Mills. Weekdays until 6pm, weekends until 9pm.

06/24/2026

This is the Trotternish peninsula on the isle of Skye in Scotland. It usually has much cloudier skies with just a touch a blue through the clouds, more like the cup but I'm not complaining! I named a collection after this bit of land that means so much to my heart. Not as a nod to somewhere I once googled, but because this is where I come from. Not by birth, but by choice, and by luck, and by a letter my gran helped me write when I was eleven. I wonder if you too have a place you like to call yours like this even though you weren't born there?
Since last thursday you can find a full collection of my pottery at Céramique à Way's Mills . I hope they'll find lovely homes too!

If you're in Canada or the US we can still be in time for your gifts. I listed these 2 cookie jars for the biscuit baker...
12/12/2025

If you're in Canada or the US we can still be in time for your gifts. I listed these 2 cookie jars for the biscuit bakers in your life. A gift that I am sure will reward you with many treats.
I have two versions available: one with a sculptural k**b inspired by ancient dolmens, and another with a my little acorn.
Ready to find a home on your countertop. DM me for a shipping quote or head over to my Etsy shup!

This lidded jar certainly captured a little piece of my heart. I treated it like a miniature canvas, decorating it with ...
11/27/2025

This lidded jar certainly captured a little piece of my heart. I treated it like a miniature canvas, decorating it with layers of underglaze and glaze to create an abstract, painterly landscape. The little sculptural k**b on the lid is inspired by the ancient, fallen dolmens of forgotten fields back in Harris where we went for a long vacation before moving to Canada and I find myself dreaming about the place aften these days.
We fired it in the wood soda chamber, where the fire and vaporized soda created a truly unique, one-of-a-kind finish. It's a true collaboration between my hand and the elements. It's full of memories and that's pretty fitting for a vessel!
You can come and see it in person along with a few other special pots from the wood firing, at the Studio Acacia Annual Exhibition this weekend!
This is a wonderful opportunity to see the work in person, and I would be so happy to see this jar find a loving home with one of you.
Hope to see some of your friendly faces there!

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