Etsy Spotlight: Erik Haugsby Pottery

Handmade teapot ($108.36)

I'm real excited to innovate you lot to a novel serial I am starting on the blog, the Etsy Spotlight interviews. If you lot follow along unopen to time, as well as then you lot direct keep in all probability noticed my passion for 10 best sources for chunky knit blankets on Etsy post? It has to a greater extent than than 26k pins on Pinterest!) I decided to instruct to a greater extent than personal as well as instruct to know the people behind all those beautiful creations. After all, this is the magic of Etsy, each as well as every production at that topographic point has a unique story, a history perhaps, it has soul as well as character, far from the overconsumption traits of our fourth dimension as well as a creative crafter or collector behind it to part it amongst us.

It was actually difficult non to notice Erik Haugsby's creations every bit presently every bit they landed on my Etsy feed page unopen to fourth dimension ago. Although a considerably novel store, it has instruct a favorite of mine from the real beginning. His pottery is unique, a fusion of fine art as well as function, everyday objects amongst a degree of creative roughness that tin can either proceed you lot fellowship through your daily rituals or decorate your abode amongst them. Or both. You tin can read his (rather idea provoking) interview after the jump addition abide by a code for a 15% discount he is kindly offering to you lot to usage at his store.

Tell us a fiddling flake close yourself as well as your store. 

My name’s Erik these are my pots for you lot or people to usage that is: pottery or functional ceramics that is: direct keep inwards your mitt or to your oral cavity (how sensual it is to jibe it to your mouth) or residual upon your tabular array this an object a while of the Earth as well as know it was made yesteryear hands for hands my hands are 28 years quondam every bit they type these. 

Till today at to the lowest degree we’re all on the same Earth as well as it’s that the Earth inwards my pots at to the lowest degree inwards part. The Earth inwards my pots it comes from the Earth as well as the pots their surface is rock as well as drinking glass as well as burning forest melted as well as unmelted forest it survives 1240˚C or 1360˚C or to a greater extent than or less humans melt at those temperatures but my pots experience. Hold my pot as well as endure the sense as well as taste it.

“Hipster degree 4” as well as “beanpole” written inwards my mag feature’s comments section. Never read the comments section. My shop’s comment department shows ★★★★★. 

How/when did you lot realize that your honey for creating tin can live something to a greater extent than than a hobby? 

I brand hazards out of hobbies I got into photojournalism because I liked to direct keep pictures as well as said how tin can I brand coin or that is live on taking pictures. I couldn’t thus I didn’t I couldn’t compromise as well as direct keep pictures for other people as well as then move abode as well as direct keep pictures for me when I took pictures for me I idea what pictures exercise They desire as well as made no pictures that I want. I quit = I surrender without genuinely pushing myself to exercise it I don’t regret it that determination got me here. 

From at that topographic point to here: 2011–2017: Minnesota Missouri New York Nepal Deutschland Austria. I alive inwards cities close the H2O peradventure a subconscious decision.

Unemployment forces employment, or, self-employment. Creating a fellowship taxes insurance forms bureaucracy paperwork the logistics of it who wants to exercise that but I didn’t exercise it because I wanted to (a lie: I did, but I didn’t) as well as thus I did it as well as inwards a unusual linguistic communication unusual civilization no less because I direct keep to else I wageslave I similar a shot force myself to exercise it as well as every twenty-four hours enquire myself is this that I’m doing is it plenty exercise I desire to exercise it.

Guinomi ($30.10)

What is it that makes your products special? 

Do you lot similar me exercise you lot purchase into my marketing linguistic communication as well as story exercise you lot desire my pot to live particular as well as then it’s special. It’s non the pot that’s special.


What influences your work?

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 proficient loving cup of tea because a proficient loving cup needs a proficient cup. Making my pots 1 time upon a fourth dimension the soundtrack was podcasts but who tin can concentrate on pots when podcasts. Then afterward it’s notwithstanding similar a shot music but music makes me, i.e. I allow myself, brand what the music tells me. Too much fourth dimension spent online: Instagram Pinterest Facebook Google Image Search it’s likewise slow to hollo upward likewise much thinking that thinking volition brand for proficient making at that topographic point are likewise many proficient pots out at that topographic point none of mine volition live those pots so: so: acknowledge. None of my pots volition live those pots because those pots direct keep been made. All pots direct keep already been made all photos direct keep already been taken. So I tin can brand my pots because it’s non that they’re made but that I’ve made.

Suzuki Goro Tsujimura Shiro Aaron Scythe the potters. as well as Anja Slapničar because she believes inwards pottery or has to. Iron Heart 301S bluish jeans. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 mint-green plastic watering tin can of unknown brand because the maker doesn’t matter. I sign my pots.

Woodfired ceramic guinomi ($30.10)

Describe your typical day.

Wake opened upward eyes run across other eyes that brand me smile. Two to 4 slices of bread, would you lot similar unopen to breadstuff amongst your butter?, atop High German porcelain as well as a at to the lowest degree 1 loving cup of java from a loving cup the shelf their pots as well as mine I examination my pots. Bicycle 4,6 km including yesteryear the menage where Schubert died Stalin lived Hitler stayed Beethoven played as well as thousands upon thousands did? Vienna’s been continuously settled since 500 BC I had to cheque my sources for that fact. Into the cellar an Austrian cellar pots as well as dust it’s non dust it’s silica as well as this isn’t proficient for my wellness but what is. In 1 room 1 20 m2 me my supplies on shelves my bicycle on the flooring my kiln on the flooring my pots on the shelves as well as the floor. Before during after: indulgences mine as well as others howdy how are you? i don’t beak every bit I write. There’s the sun; or there’s the cloud; there’s me existing nosotros be let’s be together isn’t this just: it. Other things occur inwards betwixt the things that happen.


What is the 1 thing you lot would alter if you lot were starting over?

Start over.

Okay thus I’m telling you lot because I’m telling me because at that topographic point are a listing of emails I postulate to write that is: inwards a word: write. Or,: do. Don’t hollo upward likewise much because they don’t hollo upward close you.

Woodfired ceramic vase ($126.41)

What aspects of your business/store exercise you lot taste the most/least? 

Enjoy.

I’m making coin am I making coin is this what I’m supposed to exercise similar who cares close a pile of clay: You should attention close a pile of clay Why? because I’m telling you lot to. But who am I to say you? But how much amend your life would live if alone you lot knew. Give me coin as well as your life volition live better. That’s it: give me coin as well as your life volition live better. In the mean time I’m going to move over to this loma over at that topographic point as well as dig clay out of the the world because that’s the clay I tin can usage to brand the pots you lot use. Excuse me I’m going to direct keep a hammer to my bad pots at that topographic point are lots of them I can’t alter them I tin can alone brand novel ones as well as interruption the bad ones similar bad memories don’t you lot wishing you lot could interruption your memories as well as poof they’d live gone forever.


Erik is kindly offering a 15% discount to his store for the readers of the weblog amongst code MYPARADISSI (valid until 24th December)

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Woodfired pilgrim jolt ($210.69)

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