HOME SHOPPING POTTERY CLASSES CURRENT STUDENT ABOUT Shopping functional pots and beyond… A History Of Success We have been making and selling pottery at our studio and gallery for over 40 years. There are always new things to see and everything is hand-made and one-of-a-kind. You Choose Visit Our Gallery See the most complete collection of our work. Click for Directions In our gallery, you will find the largest and most diverse selection of Fireborn pottery anywhere, plus work from other artists, including glass, jewelry, pottery, and prints. You will also find our larger scale work, experimental work, and sale items. You will appreciate the balance, weight, and feel of each piece. Touching is important. Studio tours, by our knowledgable staff, are available. We hope you enjoy using your pottery as much as we enjoyed making it. Shop Online Easy and Convenient Click to Shop Online Everything we sell online is one-of-a-kind, carefully made, and individually photographed. The one you see is the one we’ll ship to you. Please note: For the best deals and widest selection of our work, come visit us in person! Prices in the online shop are slightly higher than in our gallery to account for the additional work involved in photographing, maintaining the online store, packaging, etc. Holiday Sale Thanksgiving Through December 24th Exclusively In Our Gallery Tuesday through Saturday: 10:00 to 6:00 Sundays: Noon to 5:00 Up to 50% OFF Take A Peek At Our Studio The Kiln Our kiln holds about 700 pots. We fire every three weeks on average so there is always fresh new work in the gallery. Kiln openings are always exciting. It is like Christmas morning, but it happens more than once a year! There are always surprises and the best is when an experimental glaze or technique is transformed by the fire into a beautiful work of art (FireBORN i.e. birthed in fire). There is always something new. As the temperature inside the kiln increases the color goes from red to orange to white as we climb to 2400 degrees. A firing takes 18 hours to heat up and another 18 to cool down. The Glaze Room We have 50 buckets of glaze and lots of containers, sprayers, and mixing equipment. Many of our glazes are of our own creation and took years of research and experimentation. Some are classic traditional recipes. We weigh the ingredients out to the gram so they are just right. Making Pots Making pots involves many steps but our favorite and most creative part is forming new pieces from the soft clay. Most of our work is thrown on a potter’s wheel. Sometimes we alter thrown pieces to create more organic forms. Sometimes we use slabs and other hand-building techniques. Sometimes we design in a sketch book, but usually we sketch directly in clay. As we work we visualize the final product, including its form, color and function. The Gallery Our gallery has now spread into four rooms. Take A Closer Look At Our Pottery Hit "Read More" To View Additional Images Ash Glazed Pottery About Ash Glazes We collect ashes from friends’ fireplaces and, after screening them, spray them directly on some of our pottery before firing. The rivulets Read More Shino Shino Glazed Pottery Shino is a glaze that deserves a page all of its own. This category of glaze has Japanese origins but has been Read More Terra Cotta Back to Shopping TERRA COTTA POTTERY This line of terra cotta wall hangings, sculptures vases and planters was started in 2018. Terra Cotta Planter Decorated Read More Night Sky Back to Shopping Night Sky- by Donna Hetrick What happens in the forest at night? Who is awake? What are the animals doing? Tree Bowl Read More ON SALE NOW Small BusinessSaturday & Sunday Sale November 27 and 28 Items costing less than $50 are 15% off Items from $51 to $100 are 30% off Items Read More Raku Raku Wall Hangings with impressions of plants Raku is a Japanese word for an unusual firing process and the resulting pottery. The pottery is heated Read More Handblown Glass We have hand blown glass by over 20 artists Wavy Glass Bowl 10″ Vase with Gold Leaf and Decoration 14″ Handblown Glass Ornaments Glass Vase Read More Our Glazes We have over 40 glazes. There are thousands of possible combinations. Finding the right combination for the form and function of the pot is the Read More Donn Hedman Donn Hedman Pottery Donn grew up in Africa where his parents were missionaries. You can see the influence in his slip trailed glaze decorations. He Read More Festiva Festiva Ware – NEW This is a new work by Daniel Vito using colorful underglaze slip painting on porcelain. Festiva- by Dan Vito-2 Festiva- by Read More Custom Work All of our dinnerware is custom-made after consultation and collaboration with the client. Glazes, pattern, style, and shape evolve. The client will get a totally Read More Peek Into The Studio The Kiln Our kiln holds about 700 pots. We fire every three weeks on average so there is always fresh new work in the gallery. Read More FIREBORN SHOPPING In Our Gallery Shop Online See Our Glazes Custom Work CLASSES Prospective Students Current Students Workshops Private Lessons Open Studio ABOUT Hours Map Bio Write a Review Site Map © All rights reserved Fireborn Studios Pittsburgh’s best source for pottery, glass and pottery classes.