What do you mean, slow ceramics?
- deltacentric
- Apr 30
- 2 min read
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Ceramics with Character
My ceramics aren’t perfect. They don’t try to be. Some tilt a little. Some smile (on purpose). Others crack in just the right spot.
They’re not meant to blend into a shelf—they’re meant to interrupt it. To make you pause. To make you wonder, “Who made this? And what were they feeling?”
Because each cup, bowl, or sculpture started as a sketch. A sketch that held a mood, a joke, a moment too quiet to explain out loud.
From Sketchbook to Tabletop
Take one of my favorite pieces: A vase in the shape of a shoe. In my illustrations, Ellemie's shoes have always had a prominent place so I wanted to bring them to life. To exist in the real world as an object you can touch and experience.
What I love about slow ceramics: there’s no rushing, no smoothing things out until they lose their charm. Every thumbprint, every asymmetry is part of the conversation between hand and material. Between sketch and sculpture.
The Ellemie Touch
Ellemie—the spirit behind it all—is a little dreamy, a little clumsy, and endlessly curious. Her world is pastel-toned and story-filled. It’s where a vase might have legs, a bowl might have some imperfections, and nothing ever sits completely straight. And that’s okay.
Ceramics, in this world, aren’t just objects. They’re characters. They’re pieces of a bigger story about slowing down, listening to your instincts, and letting your imagination spill into the real world.
Why Slow Ceramics?
Because it takes time to make something honest.
Because I don’t want to mass-produce—I want to hand-build tiny moments of wonder together with my mom.
Because there’s something deeply satisfying about drinking tea from a cup that looks like it came straight out of a sketchbook.
And because, honestly, the world moves fast enough already.
La Vie d’Ellemie is about giving shape to softness. About honoring the weird ideas that pop into your head at 2 a.m. And about making art you can live with—literally.
So if you ever find a wobbly little cup with a face smiling up at you… you’ll know where it came from.
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