Your fairy mug mother here, been muddy since day one. I was raised by potters in the middle of nowhere northern Appalachia Ohio. My family traveled to art shows selling their salt glazed wares with my little sister and I. Never could have predicted that I would grow up to be a potter but the clay runs deep in these veins. After working with a wonderful mentor who shaped my early clay days (RIP Becky Lowe miss you), I opened Hillbippie Clay Co. out of my basement studio in 2016 and have been throwing pots since! When I say home thrown that's what I mean, these mugs are produced from my home and hopefully you can feel the love. I'm proud to be woman owned, now that doesn't mean I don't get help from friends and fam it just means I am the potter, designer, glazer, packer, manager etc. I'm also privileged to not depend solely on my work, my husband is the county prosecutor. People are often surprised I'm married to a lawyer but we got together when he worked at Red Lobster plus we go way back to the year 2000. We love living up on a hill and growing tomatoes together and traveling around in our old school yellow camper.
My work has vacillated quite a bit in my time as a potter and I have yet to nail down a specific niche, I am multi-faceted after all, a beam of light if you will. If you like snakes and mushrooms, flowers and bees, the original mother (nature) than my pots are for you! You'll find random mugs in my shop here and there as I'm also a SAHM. We welcomed 2 little girls via kinship foster placement in 2021 and I stepped into the role of mom, truly the hardest job I've had to date. It has shown me the power that we possess as woman and mothers and I'm forever grateful for the opportunity to guide these girls on their path. Me and the girlies have a great time, and we just welcomed their baby sister. so now a family of 5 (whoa!!). Glad you stopped by and would love to see you stick around for more updates from the hill. You can vibe with me on socials or better yet let me send you an email every now and again :) That way when I have mugs available, you'll be the first to know about it.
Love ~Ray
P.S I started a face painting business as well, check out @ladyrainbowfacepaint to follow along on my side quest!!
