I sell my my work exclusively in person at various craft fairs and markets around NYC! Be sure to follow me on instagram and the markets tab of this page to see where I will be vending next.

Unfortunately I am unable to take online orders or accommodate deliveries at this time.

Ceramics are one of the oldest art forms known to man and can last generations if cared for properly. If you have purchased a functional piece such as a mug or plate, it is best to hand wash these items. I do not advise microwaving any pieces even though most ceramics are microwave safe. Full disclosure, I simply do not own a microwave so no pieces have been tested for microwave safety.

If I plan to be at a market I will post the date, time and location in my Instagram bio and on the markets tab located on this website. The markets I usually attend will be in either Queens, Brooklyn, Upstate NY, Nassau or Suffolk counties.

For the most part I do not take custom or wholesale orders. However if you have something you really want me to consider I would love to hear your ideas! You can send me a message via the contact section or DM on instagram.

*Full disclosure- please don’t take it personally as I am most likely to decline most custom and wholesale work. Ceramics is not my full time career and the reason I am forced to decline most offers.

Queens, NY!

Please know that NO piece is heat proof or heat resistant. If you have purchased a lantern, candle holder or incense burner, this piece WILL get VERY HOT. Be sure to blow out the open flame or incense and do not touch the piece for at least an hour after. Always keep open flames away from flammable objects and away from children and pets.

It is common practice for ceramic artists to sign their work, much like every other kind of artist. You may find one of two kind of signatures somewhere discrete on your piece. The more common one will say “The Ceramic Skull” and the less common one will have my full name “Angela Eglezos”. If you happen to get something with my full name as the signature, that means this piece was especially near and dear to my heart. I may have originally intended to give this piece to a loved one, or perhaps I planned to keep it for myself. It’s very possible I did keep it for myself for a period of time until I was ready to let it go.

If you don’t see a signature at all, it is possible the melting glaze washed into the signature mark and now its very difficult to spot. I’m always working on new techniques to avoid this, but as every glaze is different sometimes this is unavoidable.

It is very unlikely that I make something a second time around. If you weren’t able to purchase a particular piece you saw at a market, it is likely there will not be another chance. However if that particular piece was not sold then it will be at the following event.

My passion for ceramics has grown so because of the absolute wonder and freedom it gives to express new ideas. I am always looking to improve and make something new, and for these reasons I usually do not make more than 1 of each design.

This of course does not apply to everything- there are some pieces I always find myself going back to such as lanterns, vases and gnomes and the “mati” sgraffito design. The styles of these pieces may be similar as time goes on, but they will always be a little different in one way or another.

Ceramics is a painstakingly tedious and time consuming artform. Each piece is made by hand starting with anywhere between a few ounces to a few pounds of wet clay.

This clay is shaped by hand either with or without the help of a pottery wheel. I bounce back and forth between the two and find the combination of using both is where the best shapes come from.

The shaped clay is then left to dry slowly to prevent cracking. This process may take anywhere from 2 days to two weeks.

There is an in-between stage when the clay reaches a dryness known as “leather hard”. At this point I might trim excess clay if it was thrown on the wheel, or spend a few more hours putting on more decorative parts, carving sgraffito, etc.

After the shaped clay has air dried completely, it goes into the kiln for the first time, called “bisque firing”. At this time I am working out of a community studio, so getting back a piece from the bisque kiln may take an additional week or so. This is something out of my control at the moment.

Once the piece is in its “bisque” stage, it is ready to be glazed. Glaze is combination of various minerals and water which are then put back into the kiln for a second time and melted into the beautiful shiny surfaces we know and love.

It may take several hours to glaze a single piece depending on its level of detail or color objective.

Once the piece has returned from the glaze kiln, the bottoms are sanded by hand to ensure all rough edges are perfectly smooth.

Finally it is time to take photos for the world to see, pack and ship them out to you!