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	Bowls Cereal bowls, salad bowls, soup bowls, bowls of many shapes and sizes, probably one to fit your needs.

	Soap/Lotion Dispensers These dispensers are little workhorses, whether at the kitchen sink or your bedside to remind you to moisturize at night.

	Casseroles / Baking Dish I name these for what I make in them, but feel free to try your own recipes for other items in them. I currently do not have every size and variation photographed, but can make pieces up to 11" x 16". They can be carved or not, have a 3D snake attached, or have the petroglyph design. Just let me know what you want and I can give you a quote. Please see the care instructions under the link About StefStudio as to baking, cleaning, etc.

	Luminarias I've always loved to arrange these in odd number sets, small, large, in stands or without. Try a combination that you think you might like.

	Chip-N-Dips These pieces are separate, so you may find yourself using that dip bowl for your cereal or that the chip bowl is great for mixing a batter, tossing a salad, etc. They are also great for the traditional chip and dip.

	Mugs/Cups/Tumblers When I first started making dinnerware, I spent most of my time trying to figure out a mug handle that was different. I've resisted doing anything but the snake handle, but have finally come up with a mug with a traditional handle. The cordial/juice cups are something new in 2008. I'm currently working on a tumbler design.

	Serving Dishes Some of these bowls can be coupled with a dip bowl to make a nice chip and dip, or be used alone for a serving or mixing piece.

	Colanders Besides using these for the usual pasta draining and rinsing of beans, these look great on the kitchen counter with fruit or vegetables displayed. I'm quite the fan of colanders and can count 6 in my kitchen off the top of my head.

	Dinnerware Currently, I make dinnerware sets as special orders placed through the galleries. Please see the variety of bowls, plates, etc you can choose from in the other categories.

	Plates The small plates are great as a luncheon plate or under a colander to catch water from freshly washed produce. The dinner plates are great for that big holiday meal or as a small serving platter. The big platters are great for a variety of cookies or other desserts that you want to display on your buffet table. Want a specific size? Call one of the galleries and ask for a quote.

	Raku Raku is a firing process where the piece is removed from the kiln at the height of temperature and placed in a reduction bin (in my case a trash can with white paper). The paper catches fire since the pottery piece is anywhere from 1400-1800 degrees. The lid is placed on the can to smother the fire, and the smoke does it's work with the glaze. There's a range of color development with coppers, varying crackle effects with another type of glaze, always a treat to open the reduction and see what has developed.

	Mosaic Tile Most of my tiles are cut by hand, although I have started to use cookie cutters when I find some that are to my liking. Handmade tile is a labor of love since it is very time consuming.

	Naked Raku These pieces have slip and glaze on them that are underfired so that they can be removed after the firing. Where the pieces are darkest, there was no slip or glaze, where they are grey, there was just slip, and where they are whitest, there was glaze over slip. These pieces are for decoration only.

	Slumped Glass I became curious about firing glass in my kiln a few years ago and took a couple of classes. The slumped glass process needs to go through at least 2 firings just like clay, but at a much different firing schedule and temperature.

	Majolica Majolica is yet another type of glazing method, frequently done on terra cotta. Some of these pieces have been done on a low fire white clay, some terra cotta. I am still exploring shapes and designs, and am looking forward to expanding this line of work.

	Archival Pieces While I am not currently producing these pieces, they may be put back into production when I find the time.

	Serving Sets All of these items can be purchased separately, but wanted to display them as sets also so you can see their proportions to one another.