Welcome to my web page, home of my hand-built pottery creations. All of my pieces are original and handmade; each piece is unique. I create Raku and horsehair decorative pottery, along with low and high fire stoneware functional pieces. While you are here, you can see and read about my style of pottery making. You will also be able to find out where you can purchase these unique pieces.
 

Horse Hair Pottery Raku Pottery Chinese Symbols Jewelry Other Pieces
Raku horsehair pots are fired quickly to 1200F degrees and are then taken out of a Raku kiln and placed on a noncombustible surface. Hair from a horse's tail or mane is then laid upon the hot pottery... These vessels are handbuilt from slabs of clay and then fired in an old technique that resembles components of a style developed by Japan's Raku family of potters in Kyoto... These vessels are decorated with Ancient Chinese Characters. Out of more than 80,000 symbols in the Chinese language, I chose to use on my pieces 14 that I find represent important aspects of life... These necklaces and pins are made by using slabs of clay that are cut out into various forms... Although given the nature of pottery all of my items are truly one-of-a-kind pieces (no two are exactly alike), there is something different about these items.  Many of them are exploratory in nature...

view all
Horse Hair Pottery

view all
Raku Pottery

view all
Chinese Symbol Pottery

view all
Necklace & Pin Jewelry

view all
One-of-a-kind Pkeces

 

Lois Hirshberg ~ Ceramic Artist
239 Whistleberry Drive ~ Marstons Mills, Cape Cod, MA 02648
Tel: (508) 428-3402

Email:
If you have any trouble sending an email to this address, 
please call Pottery by Lois at 508-428-3402.

lois@potterybylois.com

Visit my new travel business at
HirshbergTravel.com