Hearth Planter
Hearth Planter
$58 USD
Low, wide and heavy enough to ignore the cat. Made for succulents and bonsai starts. Thrown to order in East Boston, not pulled from a warehouse shelf.
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Who holds this form
For a plant that has earned a heavier home. Drainage and a matched saucer are part of the form, not an afterthought from a garden aisle. Low and wide for succulents or a bonsai start, heavy enough to ignore the cat.
Every piece is thrown by hand at 101 Bennington St and fired to cone 10 in reduction — about 2,372°F. There is no mold of Hearth Planter in the building. The live render on this page is the profile we throw; glaze break and speckle will still drift, because the kiln votes last. That drift is the work, and it is why no two pieces match.
Clay, glaze, and size
Hearth Planter is iron-rich stoneware, food-safe, and listed at ⌀ 8.2″ × 4.1″ + saucer. Listed measures are accurate to about a quarter inch. House glazes are Tenmoku, Celadon, Bone Speckle, and Ember; any of the four is the same tag, with no upcharge. The render below starts in Bone Speckle because that is the glaze we show first for this form.
Dishwasher and microwave are ordinary use. Broiler, direct flame, and freezer-to-hot-oven are not. The 3D view is a render of the form, not a photograph of the exact pot you will hold.
What the tag covers
The published tag of $58 USD covers the house glaze you pick, the bisque, the cone 10 reduction firing, packing for pickup, and the Chip Promise for the first year of normal kitchen use. Handmade variation in glaze break, speckle, and a few grams of weight is the work, not a defect and not a ground for sending the piece back.
Not in this tag: a custom glaze recipe ($127.00 USD flat), a logo stamp ($78.00 USD setup plus $1.50 USD per piece), a rush kiln jump (plus 20 percent), Massachusetts sales tax where it applies, and parcels beyond the Boston area, which are quoted on the custom ticket before anything is confirmed. Seconds, when they exist, sell twice a year in the showroom only.
Kiln time and pickup
Standard work is ready in 6–8 weeks. Rush is 3–4 weeks at plus 20 percent on the run. Those clocks start at the later of your deposit and written confirmation of specs — not at the moment you open this page. This is made-to-order pottery, not a three-to-five-day warehouse send.
Pickup is at 101 Bennington St, East Boston, MA 02128, showroom Thursday through Sunday, 11–6. Boston-area drop-off is $20.00 USD, and it is free on invoices of $500.00 USD or more. Unfired work can be cancelled for a full deposit return. Once a run has been through the kiln, it is final except for the Chip Promise and transit damage reported within seven days.
House rules and next steps
A ticket from the builder is an estimate, good for 30 days and held within ten percent while specs settle. It becomes binding only when both sides confirm the same figures by email. Unused stock may come back within 30 days; custom work is final once fired. Read the policies before you write — they are the same rules we use at the counter.