Ellie Lou Ceramics
Fine wheel and hand-built pottery made with love by Liz Ostendorp
A quick look at my winter line…will *try* to have these up on my website this weekend. In the meantime, DM if you want any. For now, I’m willing to take orders on any of this, but between getting work made, supplying the shops and raising a daughter, my website is being neglected 😩
For those who don’t know, I do custom orders all the time! If there’s something you want for that special someone OR…to match the aesthetic of your shop, I offer commissions AND wholesale! I’ll be taking holiday custom orders from now until 12/1 in order to make it from the North Pole for Christmas! 🎄🎅🏻
What a fun day throwing pots while sitting next to !!! One of the nicest and most personable people I’ve ever met! So glad I got to meet you!
To say I’ve been rushed and uninspired is an understatement. My studio is a mess, sales are down and frankly I don’t know where to go from here. But today I will pick myself up, clean the space and try again.
Placement is everything! 😂😬
Happy National Daughter’s Day to my reason for being!
It was a great day working the fall craft fair! Great people and great vibe and such a lovely event! Looking forward to the next one!
Had the opportunity to visit my family’s historic farm yesterday. So many signs my ancestors inspire my work and guide my practice. Grateful for the confirmation I’m on the right path.
I’m calling this collection ‘Grave Forest.’ Come check it out at the .nj Arts and Craft Fair tomorrow!!! ._meraki
I’ve been working so hard on my aesthetic and trying to be more genuine in what I do. I’ve had time to play, reflect and pivot this summer. I’m excited to start teaching tomorrow at .studio! I wrote my first guided meditation for wheel throwing and can’t wait to try it out! Keep the peace everyone!
Drinking coffee for the first time with my new mug. Aside from supporting other artists, I think it’s important to use the work of other potters and use it often. I’m sitting here examining what he does and why or how and it inspires me to be a better artist. Or it confirms some of the things I’m doing right. Either way, huge lessons going on right now! Speaking of lessons, this weekend I’ll be learning to salt fire at . So stay tuned for some new stuff! It’s nice to play student for a week this summer!
The Tower….when this card appears in a reading, people freak out. It’s an omen of something coming that will shock you to your core. The lightning strikes and your world crumbles. However, I don’t see this as a bad card. Sometimes we need the lightning to strike in order to rebuild something even better. The Tower for me is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean or redirecting our path towards something greater. Yeah, it might suck for a bit, but once we get past the shock, rebuilding can bring us enlightenment. I’ve decided to start using the cards that others ‘fear’ on my work because not everything has to be ‘feared.’ Come and grab this beauty Friday at Midsummer Night Market 6-10!
Come join me at one my favorite places next Friday! My Raven is pondering how to be there too!
Another collab with These charcuterie sets will be available next weekend at and
Welcome to some old and new! Divine Feminine is up on the site and a couple people already snuck some buys in before the official launch! 🤫 Divinine Fem is a mix of everything that brings me power and I hope buying one of these beauts will bring you a little more power too!
The massacre that is me sometimes…
So….I’ve been working on a thing. Collabing with a local carpenter on charcuterie boards! Board is white oak locally cut in Morris County and the bowls/tags well…it me!!! Let me know if anyone would be interested in kits like this.
All these gems will be available at tomorrow’s sale at in Denville! Come check it out and also check out and her cleansing bundles! She’s my great friend and protection bundle is one I swear by!
News things brewing! All will be available at this Friday at the event!
Thank you to all who entered, shared and spread the love!!!! We’ll do more giveaways in the future!!!!
Congrats to on winning the giveaway for you and 4 guests to come and sip and Sculpt with me! Thank you to everyone that entered and supporting me by sharing with others! Stay tuned for more workshops and special posts coming soon!
When you do what you love you never work a day in your life! Come see me today 12-5!
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Hey Everyone! I expanded my studio this past month and am ready to start giving classes! Come join me for a night of clay or to learn how to throw in the wheel!
Come join me for a night of witchy fun and sales!
Hey Everyone! Thank you for all your support over the years! I’m trying to open a class section for my studio and could use a little help!!!!
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Custom Orders are some of my favorite things to do. Mixing two aesthetics together can be a fun endeavor. Are you a small business looking to expand your brand? Let me help you! ❤️
I’m not sure what to say in response to the Roe vs. Wade decision. We knew it was coming. And we’re angry and scared of what happens next. I’ll tell you something I see that I don’t think anyone else sees right now. Women are organizing. Women are manifesting. Women are making moves in silence. Strong powerful beautiful women. And the people that govern this country aren’t paying attention to that. This account is to promote my pottery business, but if you scan back just a bit, you will see this empire forming of women owning and running their own businesses, marketing, hustling…and we are making moves in silence. And one day the world will wake up and not be ready when we take it over. So keeping forging ahead sisters of the moon. We may have lost a battle, but we are going to win the war.
I’ve been keeping this secret for a couple weeks now, so it’s so incredibly exciting to announce a new direction for me in my work! has been such a strong supporter of my work and these custom mugs came out better than I envisioned! Looking forward to more collars like this in the future. If you’re interested if one of their mugs, head to their IG and click the link in bio!
PRIDE mugs are officially on the site today! $10 from every sale this month will go to the in support of LGBTQA+
After a successful weekend last week, today I’m taking a day of rest…and also nursing a sore shoulder and elbow! But welcoming the first ‘summer’ day of the year with cucumber seltzer and a little pool/family time ❤️
What an amazing day !!! Not only did I sell a bunch of pottery, but I met and made some really great connections with some really great people! A HUGE shoutout to for helping me ‘market’ my work and also help me pack and unpack my booth! So grateful for our friendship!!!!