12 Cool-Girl Ceramicists You Should Be Following

Team Coveteur has been thinking a lot about hobbies lately—the importance of them, how to get them, and how to maintain them. While ceramics often comes up in my conversations about hobbies I want to take on, it's more than a hobby or spare-time activity for a group of talented, intentional artists. While I look back fondly on the few times I've dabbled in ceramics over the years and think working with your hands is very grounding, I also remember how difficult it was to make even the most basic piece—and how it required the utmost patience, dedication, and strength.

Now, my dream is to have my kitchen cabinets filled with handmade ceramic mugs, plates, and bowls, a ceramic incense holder as the centerpiece of my coffee table, and ceramic vases and decor pieces lining my shelves—and I want at least one thing from each of the following artists.

Ahead, 12 ceramists that you should be following and supporting.

Teya Kepila is a Brooklyn-based ceramist with an Instagram feed filled with funky mugs begging to fill your cabinets and incense holders worthy of a spot on your coffee table.

Yamine Daaboul is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist, including a ceramist, based in London. She turned to art for refuge after losing both of her parents and create works that honors connections between different cultures.

The creative behind Lolly Lolly Ceramics, Lalese Stamps is a New York-based ceramist who creates work that is both playful and sophisticated. She designed a home goods collection for Lulu And Georgia featuring playful designs, statement decor pieces, and light fixtures.

Elise Wilken is not only the owner of Mellow, a picturesque small business on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the swetest mug, plate, and incense bowl offerings, she is also the creative force behind each piece sold by the store.

Shira Berg is is New York City-based ceramist who sells piecea that she spins, sculpts, and glazes herself. She has an affinity for physical dimension, creating pieces that are anything but flat.

Danielle Williams, the founder of Strong Roots Pottery, describes herself as a potter and clay stylist. Her work, as well as the name of her brand, is about honoring the dual nature, versaility, and resilience of Black hair.

For Landy Rakota, ceramics is a meditative and introspetive practice. Based in Brissac Quince, France, she loves honoring rustic, brutalist, and classic designs and embracing intriguing natural textures.

Based in both the Bay Area of Califronia and Tokyo, Japan, Lauren Q. Nguyen's ceramic practice is deeply routed in Japanese culture and the country's rich ceramic culture. Her work explores the contrast between perfect craftmanship and the naturally messy, imperfect nautre of clay.

Zahra Hooshyar is a first generation, Iranian-American artist currently based in Detroit. She is known for her intricate ceramic installations and humrous appropration of everyday objects.

Rachael Brianna, a Chicago-based artist, makes hand-thrown and hand-built pottery complete with whimsical, nostalgic illustrtations and intriguing color work.

Bianca Pintan is an Australian ceramist known for her use of vibrant colors. She shapes her ceramics with just her hands and a rolling pin, all from the comfort of her home studio. When she's not creating work herself, she is teaching workshops to introduce others the the art form.

Kendyl Clayton is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist and ceramist known for creating faces and characters inspired by Black culture and the women who continue to shape it.