Nichole Lariscy, Expressive Ceramics

Hmmm… how yummy.

To keep or to sell?

The potter’s perennial dilemma.

It is an amazingly gorgeous day to join the Vestavia Hills Arts Council artists’ showcase at the Vestavia Hills Farmers Market! Featuring Nichole Lariscy, Expressive Ceramics and Andrea Pound of Lala Lisy Handmade! We are hanging out with some fabulous creative produce-rs of all ilk! Proceeds go to Vestavia Hills Methodist Church food pantry! Special shout out to all our other artists/makers who donated to our silent auction for the launch party tomorrow!💕

Looking for art shows in May and August. Any tips?

Now taking orders for cups and necklaces for Mother's day.

Pottery Pre-Orders for Christmas
Now thru November

I am taking pre-orders of these sculptural vessels for the Christmas season. (350$ each. 40$ for the small bowl in the center.)

(Psst: One of them will be up for auction soon at the Birmingham Zoo’s fundraising event. ❤️)

For 50$ more you can also design a personalized inscription of your favorite wpoetry in the basin. Mine has “Time Makes You Bolder” inscribed in it.

These are beautiful for display, and can also be used to serve if you want a dramatic centerpiece for a really special dish.

They come in a fantastic sea-scape meets moon-scape glaze I call “Estuary Starfall” and a delicious, shiny green and white I call “River Basin.”

I can also make matching coffee mugs for you. They are 40$ each or $120 for a set of 4.

📸 Check out this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1388583916/posts/10232333671429590/?mibextid=r5uJeJ

“My heart lifts up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.” (William Wordsworth)

Nichole Lariscy is associate professor of English at the University of Alabama-Birmingham where her work centers around art for healing for individuals and communities. In the English department she focuses on community theater, story telling, expressive writing, and reading for healing. In the community, where she serves on the board of her local arts council, Dr. Lariscy explores the restorative effects of art through expressive ceramics and pottery. She shares her art, her expressive ceramics, in hopes that her contemplations of joy, serenity, and wonder will translate to the physical form of the clay. You’ll likely see some of her most beloved literary quotes pressed into print on her pottery. Nichole hopes when you see and touch her pottery that your heart will lift up like it does when you consider a rainbow, a river, an ocean, or a dependably beautiful sunrise.

Back from my adventures where I saw a lot of inspiration for design in stone and clay.

I’m in the studio again beginning this month and working on some special orders.

Anyone have any special requests?

Some photos from the recent Mother’s Day pop-up at Sojourns.

Ring dishes. 22$
(3 “ wide)

“Peace” Ring dish. 22$

Oval side dish with graphic leaf imprint.
High fire clay and glaze. 42$

These yummy little pots are around 4” tall. Made from high-fire clay and glaze.

35$ each.

Just send me a message if you have to have one.

New inventory!

First up: pendant necklaces!

These are 20$/each. Made of high-fire clay with clear glaze over. Open-clay backs mean they can absorb essential oils for diffusion.

Cords are soft rope with clasps.

If you see something you like just take a screen shot and circle your preferences and send me a message and I can get you more photos.

Mailing is at buyers’ expense

On my previous post about my new Indigo Painted Mama inventory, I left out my Sacred Vessels-- the best things! Here they are in a post of their own. The mugs are 40$ and the pitchers are 60$. They come in alabaster, peppered, and cocoa colored clays-- or all of these three marbled together. Orders for Christmas will need to be made by Dec 10. Put in your order by texting 205 568 4579.

Indigo Painted Mama (AKA Nichole) will be taking orders for the Christmas season now through Dec 10. Attached you'll find the current inventory list and prices with pics of most items. Please text me at 205 568 4579 to put in an order. You can order any items in any of the color combinations shown here.

Trying my hand at oil painting.

There's still time for a Pet Portrait Christmas gift!
(gift certificate too!)

Four Potters of Birmingham's Roebuck Springs | Bham Now Roebuck Springs has become a haven for people who love to make pottery.

Time to order a Pet Portrait or Gift Certificate. Christmas is coming!

Some of the new things coming out of the kiln lately.

I'm adding small colored pencil on paper drawings to my pet portraits. Like this