Eventually returning to Seattle, Krafft continued painting until 1991, when he took a class in china painting. From then he worked exclusively in ceramics. Seeing the existing designs in ceramics as outdated, he sought to produce designs that would commemorate disastrous events, hence the term Disasterware describes his work. Subjects for his ceramics have included the sinking of the , Hindu deities, historical murders, and the explosion of the "Hindenburg", among many others. Krafft's first plates were exhibited at the Davidson Galleries in 1991, and were immediately purchased by collectors. Subsequently, Krafft also began making embroidered ceramic replicas of guns.