Catalog · March 2025
A small line of hand-thrown stoneware for daily use — mugs, bowls, plates, vases, and a single pitcher form — each thrown on the wheel in my Portland studio, glazed by hand, and fired in my gas kiln six times a year. Forty pieces in this drop, four glazes, all numbered.
— 12 oz · everyday coffee mug
$42ea.
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— 12 oz · same form as E-001
$42ea.
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— 14 oz · breakfast bowl
$38ea.
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— 14 oz · same form as E-003
$38was
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— 26 cm · everyday plate
$58ea.
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— 26 cm · same form, deep cobalt
$58ea.
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— 18 cm · single stem
$72ea.
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— 32 fl oz · pulled handle
$148ea.
Add to cart →— 32 more pieces in this collection · serving bowls, espresso cups, sauce pitchers, larger vases. See all 40 pieces →
A traditional Japanese nuka shino, mixed with feldspar & rice straw ash. Variable, soft, never quite the same firing to firing.
A deep black with iron-red break on rims and edges. Mixed from local Willamette iron oxide + custom feldspar base.
A pale green-grey celadon from wood ash (Douglas fir, from my neighbour's woodlot) + porcelain slip + a touch of iron.
A deep blue rice-husk-ash glaze with 2.8% cobalt carbonate. The most expensive glaze to mix; only fired twice a year.
§ 03 — KILN SCHEDULE
I fire a 14 cu ft gas-reduction kiln in the studio yard, six times a year, in the months below. Pieces are released in the catalog roughly two weeks after each firing comes out. The next firing is May 14.
Cone 10 reduction, ~28 hours total. 42 pieces in this firing — mostly mugs, bowls, and the first cobalt nuka of the year.
Glazes fired Shino white · Tenmoku black · Ash celadon · Cobalt nuka
★ DONEreleased Feb 1
Cone 10 reduction. 40 pieces — the Everyday collection you see in the catalog above, released March 14.
Glazes fired Shino · Tenmoku · Ash · Cobalt
★ DONEreleased Mar 14
A small vase-only firing — only 24 pieces, all vase forms, all in two glazes. The Kindling series releases May 30; subscribers get a 24-hour preview.
Glazes fired Shino white · Ash celadon only
★ NEXTrelease May 30
Cone 10 reduction. Re-stock of Everyday collection plus the first eight pieces of the autumn Heron coastal series.
Glazes planned Shino · Tenmoku · Ash · Cobalt
Upcomingrelease Jul 18
A larger autumn firing — ~52 pieces, all the Heron coastal series, including the first ten serving platters of the year.
Glazes planned Heron blue · Ash · Shino
Upcomingrelease Sep 26
The final firing of the year — ~48 pieces, holiday-leaning: gift sets, espresso cups, larger bowls. Sells faster than any other firing of the year.
Glazes planned Shino · Tenmoku · Cobalt
Upcomingrelease Nov 28
§ 04 — the maker
I'm Mara Lindqvist, and Mara Lindqvist Ceramics is just me. I throw, glaze, and fire every piece in this catalog in a 380-square-foot studio behind my house in southeast Portland. I have been doing this full-time since 2017, after seven years working for other potters in Maine and Massachusetts. I do not have employees, an apprentice, or production help. I make about 280 pieces a year — six firings, ~46 pieces each — and that is the right number for me.
What I make is functional stoneware for daily use: mugs, bowls, plates, the occasional pitcher, a couple of vase forms. Cone 10 gas reduction. Dishwasher- and microwave-safe. Priced for a person who eats off them every day, not as art objects.
Pieces are sold direct, from this site only, in six drops a year (above). I do not sell wholesale, I do not sell on Etsy or Instagram, and I do not accept custom commissions. If a piece sells out, it will come back in the same form in a later firing — usually within sixty days. I am not in a hurry. Neither is the kiln.
8
Years
in this studio
~280
Pieces
per year
6
Firings
per year
100%
Direct sales
this site only
§ 05 — the list
Every two months, I send a single email 24 hours before each firing's catalog goes live to the public. The list has 4,200 readers and the email is the only way to get first pick of a firing. I do not sell, share, or use the list for anything else.