15 Sets of Hands Touch Each Piece of Polish Pottery

Fifteen pairs of skilled hands are responsible for creating and delivering the most beautiful, functional art for your home.  A long and complicated path is followed to get handmade polish pottery to you.

It all begins when a truck arrives at the factory to deliver loose clay that is mined from a local river bank in the town of Boleslawiec, Poland.  Pottery began in Boleslawiec, Poland when natural clay deposits were discovered in the area surrounding the city.  These natural clay deposits yield premium quality clay, identified as such by its high feldspar and silicon content.

The entire process for each piece of pottery to be created before it is shipped to the states takes about two weeks.

You are able to watch a video below showing the pottery being created.

The next stages follow:

Production Process Video

1.   A hand production model is created by the artistic director and form designer.

2.   A hand production primary form is produced.

3.   A hand production working form is produced in the shape of a mold.

4.   Shaping a form with a liquid slip.

5.   Hand washing and cleaning a semi-finished product

6.   Hand arrangement on the rack for initial firing

7.   Hand unloading after first firing

8.   Hand checking quality of semi-finished product

9.   Hand painting of product

10. Hand glazing of product

11. Hand arrangement on the rack for the second firing

12. Hand unloading of finished product

13. Hand sorting and quality inspection of finished product

14. Hand wrapping and packing into cartons for shipping

15.  Hand unpacking, packing, and delivering to our local shop or directly to you.

***The needed time to paint an average size piece of polish pottery in unique decoration – 1 to 2 hours

***The needed time to paint an average size piece of polish pottery in production (traditional) decoration – 20 to 30 minutes

***New artist apprentices study for approximately two years.