Kiln unloading day. The ash glaze broke amber on exactly four of twelve — the kiln gives and the kiln takes. Those four are going straight to the shop before I get attached.
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Elena Vasquez
@elenathrowsCeramics Lisbon, PT
“Stoneware for slow mornings.”
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Wheel Throwing: Your First 30 Days just passed its 30-day re-audit with the rubric untouched. 1,200 students in — the breakfast set gallery is the proudest thing on my page.
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Wheel Throwing: Your First 30 Days
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Wheel Throwing: Your First 30 Days
Elena Vasquez · Ceramics · Beginner
From your first bag of clay to a finished, glazed set of bowls — the honest version, mess included.
4.9(212)21 lessons · 4h 30m
€441.2k students · creator keeps €37 per sale
Glazes from the Family Notebook
Elena Vasquez · Ceramics · Intermediate
Forty years of Alentejo glaze recipes — digitised, tested, and explained so you can mix, layer and fire them at home.
4.8(61)11 lessons · 3h 40m
€59380 students · creator keeps €50 per sale
I trained as an architect and quit the week I got licensed. Clay does what concrete does, at a scale one person can love.
My glazes come from my grandmother's notebook — she ran a pottery in Alentejo for forty years. I've digitised the notebook. Students get the whole thing.
Wheel-thrown stoneware in small batches. I fire twice a month and everything is food-safe, dishwasher-tested by me, personally, for two years.
On the bench
- Shimpo Whisper wheelL&L e23S kilnAsh glaze (family recipe)Dolan trim tools
Maker since January 2026
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