02/14/2024

I’ve been finding a new world of expression through sculpture - I’m pretty sure it’s just my inner world but the landscape looks different now. New forms engrained with memories. A purging of what I don’t need to hold taking shape into something new.

📷 .dworshak.film

02/13/2024

Endless possibility from endless failure. In the process of making pots there are many mess ups. Pieces that aren’t quite right and flops that happen on the wheel. There’s also a lot of excess clay that gets trimmed off to refine the shape. Before the kiln comes into play, the clay is endlessly recyclable (as long as you’re adding new clay into it with some regularity) all of the mess ups and trimmings get slopped together and re-wedged to become usable again. I love this about clay - it’s creation and destruction pattern. How many pots was this lump of clay a part of before now.

📷 .dworshak.film

02/10/2024

Studio Vignette through the lens of .dworshak.film

12/07/2023

In honor of ’s Holiday Market this Saturday, we joined in for a GIVEAWAY with a few of our fellow vendors that have been joining from the beginning.

Give these prizes to a friend, stuff them in a stocking, or use them for a little post holiday-self care–here's what the winner will receive:
An overnight stay certificate
VT Forest Timepiece T-Shirt from
Hair & Everywhere Oil from
Sunshine Golden Milk and Mug from
20pc Truffle Assortment from
Wildcat Brain Power Powder from
Long Rectangular Hoops from
Original acrylic 6x8 painting from
Hug mug from
(~$600 value)

How to enter!
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❄️Tag a friend who'd love to browse the market with you this Saturday. Each tag in a separate comment serves as an additional entry.
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Giveaway will close Friday 12/8 at midnight. Winner will be selected this Saturday morning, 12/9 (before the market).

More information about this weekend's event, filling Hotel Vermont and the Courtyard Burlington Harbor lobby levels with over 45 Vermont makers, can be found at the link in our bio.

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12/01/2023

We made a couple of mugs for Food52’s Mug52 this year. They’re some of our staple designs with a twist. We hope you enjoy 💙

11/28/2023

Throwing lines are the little ribs made from the fingertips of the potter pulling the piece up into being. From a clump of clay to a form, the clay gets pulled upward in a repetitive movement. The closer the throwing line, the more thorough the compression on the wall of the piece. Even and complete compression makes for a stronger piece. And they’re just so lovely - so real and tactile. The story of the pots making right there for you to feel and see. Often only found on the inside of our pots, these are not to be hidden or ashamed of - they are to be praised like the uniqueness of a finger print or the crystals in a snowflake.

11/21/2023

We’d like to invite you to join us in our new space to see what we’ve been working on and where we’ve been working on it. Come hang with us on a couple of cozy Sundays and peruse our wares. We’re looking forward to having you 🤍

11/17/2023

This very cool feature talks about , the country’s first terracotta manufactory that paved the way for the blues and teals we see in the mainstream today.

Our Venus Vessel from The Goddess Collection has a small little feature in this article alongside some really incredible artists. The blue tones folding perfectly into the content of the piece.

To have a piece of mine grace these pages feels unreal. Being in even in a tiny way was a goal I would never name, that I didn’t think I could ever hit. I’m gonna try to be slow with this one.

11/08/2023

Goodnight chaos, I’ll see you in the morning 🤍

11/06/2023

Sitting on the floor sanding pots. I thought about growth. Expansion into new spaces mentally and physically. That pully feeling of parts of you growing before the rest are ready. The tension and pressure of enough work done when the items on the list are forever long. Rest/balance - work/momentum. Fingers crossed for orchestrating inner and outer worlds that feel good to exist in 🤞🏼

11/05/2023

Embrace Table lamps. A set of two interlocking forms that rely on each other for support. Like all of us.

11/01/2023

Our first Brooklyn market! Come visit us at Booth #8 🤍

Rory Pots Ceramic Design