BlackTree Studio Pottery Shop

Art, Beauty, and Comfort for your Daily Life

Greetings from Steve Skinner and Louise Belmont-Skinner.We're makers of contemporary, one-of-a-kind, stoneware pottery.

Our mission is to create art, beauty, and comfort for your daily life. Our home clay studio and pottery gallery are open for you to visit us through Christmas Eve. We are located just south of downtown New Carlisle, in NW Indiana. Click here for directions.

BlackTree Studio Pottery and the home gallery in NW Indiana

Steve Skinner firing the kiln at BlackTree Studio Pottery.

Steve Skinner with intern at BlackTree Studio Pottery.

STONEWARE BREAD BOWLS in Three Unique Glazes

In our latest kiln firing, we featured THREE glazes for the inside of our Crucibles: Butter Yellow, Serena Blue and Ruby Red--and ALL the colors fired up beautifully.

Each Crucible comes with a booklet -- Bread & Crucible -- which features our favorite French Bread recipe. Our crucibles are on sale (for the first time) because we are closing shop for a month to take a break and we want to give each a good home.

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MAGIC BOWLS

One of our most original designs, MAGIC BOWLS have different personalities. And,that's why we love them. Each one offers something different due to variations in the rust-stained clay on the rim, the flow of the Serena Blue glaze into the bowl's interior, even the kiln's atmospheric conditions during firing. It sounds like alchemy, or call it physics.

Back to earth -- the bowl takes its shape from a mold of watermelon we grew in our garden one summer, including its texture and all. Some bowls even have the mark of the melon's stem on its exterior. Unfortunately, I can't remember the little melon which yielded only two bites, but its legacy remains in these bowls.

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SHELL BOWLS

We call it a SHELL bowl because it appears delicate like an ocean shell, but it's hardy enough to withstand the rigors of your day. It's the bowl with a work ethic! This bowl takes you from morning granola to a midnight snack, hot or cold.

Hand-built in stoneware; approx. 6" diameter x 2.5" tall. Glazed interior with intentionally unglazed exterior.

GLAZES (clockwise from upper left): Creme Brulee, Butter Yellow, Nutmeg White, Midnight Blue, Serena Blue, Ruby Red & Antique White (not shown).

UPDATE: These lovely bowls were sold out at the end of 2021. Ok, it's mid-January 2022 and we are back in the Studio (albeit a little chilly here in NW Indiana) and Shell Bowls are on our priority list. If you want to make a specific inquiry we are happy to discuss a custom order with you. Send us an email at pottery@blacktreestudio.com.

The FAVORITE BOWL Collection.

Inspired by the shapes of squash that we grew in our garden FAVORITE BOWLS are some of our most artistic and unique bowls. Some are tall; some are rounder than others, some are quiet, some are robust. They fit comfortably in the palm of your hand and sit firmly on a table. The design has tiny "seams" where the different clays have been inlaid and come together. (Don't worry; the bowl is 100% food safe.)

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