The Sugarhouse Journal

Hand-Carved Paint Palettes?

Hand-Carved Paint Palettes?

When Natasha and I started Sugarhouse Ceramic Co. we fully expected to solely focus on mugs, bowls, and the many other forms that are commonly asso...

The Making of A Kentville Pottery Shop

Natasha and I started our pottery journey while living out of an Airstream trailer we were renovating in Seattle. Natasha was working as a studio a...

The 2023 Bretty Awards of Nova Scotia

I must admit that before I moved to Nova Scotia I really didn’t know what to expect from “Canada’s Ocean Playground”. We first visited Nova Scotia...

The Evolution of The Pottery Stand

Natasha and I have always had the tendency to dream big. The only problem with big dreams is that they often require big money and that has usually...

Art School Impracticalities & The Ladies

When Amber West was in college the thing she enjoyed the most, the subject that filled her with joy and wonder was always art, and within that worl...

Ornaments in July?

We love the holiday season around here, but you might be surprised to hear that the majority of our ornaments are made many months before our annua...

No Friggin’ Repeats!

Lately, Natasha has been creating surface designs for our pieces that she’ll never do again. These pieces are “Limited Edition” in the truest sense...

The Art of Slip Casting

When Natasha and I started our little ceramics business one of the first things we did was to buy a slab roller. We had decided that we would focu...

The Best Homemade Flour Tortillas (with a secret ingredient)

Before I met Natasha I lived in Mexico for about a year in a city named Tepic in Nayarit a couple of hours outside of Puerto Vallarta. While living...

dreams of pottery and spices

Six years ago we started Sugarhouse Ceramic Co. in a tiny prefab garage that we gradually transformed into our studio. I could say that Sugarhouse ...