Hi everyone, My name is Crystal, I own Mad Hatter Pottery and I am a potter who lives in West Michigan. I make custom hand made pottery. Each piece is unique and no two items are exactly alike. When I make something I like to think about the person I am making the piece for. It gives me a wonderful feeling to know that something I have made with my own two hands will be used by others in their everyday lives.
I have started doing classes throughout Michigan, I have had an overwhelming requests for custom orders and throwing class! I don’t have the resources right now to accomplish this. I love my craft and sharing what I do with others it has been a wonderful joy in my life! Through this campaign I am hoping to be able to share more of my craft with more people!
The campaign funds will go towards pottery wheels, 3000 lbs of clay, glazes for orders and classes, a kiln, tools for throwing classes and to offset kickstarter orders! I am hoping to be able to accomplish most if not all of this! To cover everything it will cost close to $8,000! I will be creating and selling my art to you to help me expand and be able to help other potters in my community to have a place to express themselves also!
I am a mother of four amazing children and a extremely supportive husband! My oldest son has struggled with ADHD and we have found that my art has been a major help with calming my son! He was the reason why I started selling my art and doing workshops! My son plans to come to at least one workshop every month so he can help others! My husband is a disabled veteran and he has been helping me so much with our children and helping me with my workshops! I hope I can share my art with you and many more to come!
As we all know there are always obstacles in life! If we don’t hit our goal we will focus money toward fulfilling Kick-starter orders first then we will go for wheels, clay and glaze! I have set the estimated delivery date to December of 2020 as a precaution but as orders come in I will make them right then and get them shipped as soon as possible! From start to finish on one piece it take about two weeks! There are risks with shipping ceramics and it’s rare but things can break during shipping! If something like this happens please contact me as soon as possible and send me a picture! I will get a new item sent out to you right away! Everything is Wheel thrown, Handmade and no two items are alike!