Louise

Getting ready (and excited) for Finders Keepers in Sydney!

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I am so excited to announce that I will be attending the Finders Keepers Markets in Sydney from the 3rd-5th of May!! I am very much looking forward to being a part of the stall-holder line-up and bringing all my beautiful ceramics to all the lovely market-goers! I was a pretty late addition to the market from their waitlist so I haven’t had as much time to prepare as I would have liked, HOWEVER, I do have just enough time to put together some special pieces that will be available at the market only! That’s right, exclusive pieces that I am making just for the market and have not done before! I’ll be releasing a few more details a little closer to the date (and when they’ve come out of the kiln, ha!) so keep your eyes glued to my social media if you want to see what I’ll be bringing along to the event. See you there in May!

Seconds, Samples and Discontinued Pieces Sale

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I’ll be holding a seconds, samples and discontinued pieces sale at the Olive Tree Market this Saturday the 6th of April at Civic Park, Newcastle. My shelves at the studio have been heaving for some time now, and I’m looking to make some more space for all the new works I’ve been getting started on in the background, that I’m bringing older stock up with me to my (semi-)regular stall at the Newcastle market. Regular visitors to my stall there will be glad to hear that my Mum will be there too to help out. 

These are sale pieces that are always available to anyone visiting me in the studio, but this will be the first time that I take them off their dusty shelves, pack them into boxes and bring them out into the outside world. I’ve cut a lot of the prices down because I’m really keen to see them go out to new happy homes. So, if you’re a handmade ceramics fan, or just a bargain lover, come visit me at all my stall. Get down early if you want to have first pick, because it’s first in, best dressed. See you there!



Wedding Set

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Mid 2018 I was contacted by a couple who said they loved my watercolour jewellery dishes and had a request; would I be able to make it on a larger scale? I was so glad they asked. I had been meaning to expand this range for a long time, but being a small business owner and wearing all of the hats all of the time can take it’s toll, meaning a lot of things I would love to work on have to get put on the back burner. But a request like this brings it all to the front again.

By the end of 2018 we’d worked out a few more of the details so when 2019 rolled in I was ready to start work! After experimenting on an older shape to see if the watercolour effect would work on a bowl (spoiler, it did), I developed some new shapes to their specifications. The set is to be 12 dinner plates, 12 side plates and 12 deep bowls, each set of three with it’s own colour combination. I finally had some successful tests out of the kiln last week, so this week I moved in to producing the bulk of their order. Most of the pieces have been poured and are awaiting firing/colouring/glazing. The first coloured pieces of the set come out of the glaze firing tomorrow! I am very excited to see how they turn out!

Custom pieces

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Here at LouiseM studio HQ we’ve been receiving requests for custom works at an unprecedented rate over the last year or so. We are so happy to be making pieces to order, custom works, personalised works and new things altogether, and to hear about how the pieces are joyously received in the case of gifts! If you have any images of your pieces in use, we would love to see them and feature them in our social media posts. Here are some of the most recent pieces made in the last few months.

  • A tile for a family home, no matter what number number house they’re in
  • Special tapered spaniel bowls for a client’s new pup Lunar
  • Two little dishes for two different wedding dates for two lovely people
  • Taking my watercolour series to a new size up for a wedding registry dinner set
  • Personalised luxe heart dishes
  • Flora house number tile
  • Personalised flora platter and gift tag for a wedding gift
  • Custom luxe wedding ring bowls

If any of these images are sparking ideas for you, get in touch at orders@louisemstudio.com and we’ll see what we can do for you!

New website in the works

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Hello everyone, I know I’ve been promising it forever, but I’m finally getting a move-on with my new website, and here it is, in it’s very rudimentary beginnings. In addition to a gallery and information about what I do, I am also hoping to add a shop function. Thanks for your patience, and in the mean-time you can still visit my old site www.whitefinches.net