Xoxo Pottery Designs

26/09/2025

Why I Create🫶🏽

When you support an artist — when you choose something handmade — you’re not just supporting a person or a small business.
You’re purchasing a small piece of an artist’s heart.

When you buy something from an artist,
you’re buying more than an object.
You’re buying hundreds of hours of errors and experimentation.
You’re buying years of frustration, and moments of pure joy.
You’re not just buying a thing —
you’re buying a piece of a heart, a piece of a soul…
a small piece of someone else’s life.

It is a great privilege to be able to work with — and, I suppose, work off — my feelings through clay and my creative process.

“If you know that you’re doing, that’s good enough.” – Warren Buffett
“Nothing bold or magnificent is built from fear.”

Artists — often thought of as the crazy ones — are sometimes the most stable people in the world,
because they know exactly what they must do with their lives.

Art can be daring.
Art can be decadent.
Art can be reckless.
Art is everywhere.

25/09/2025

24/09/2025

Happy Heritage Day❤️🇿🇦💚

You know you are South African when you can relate to any or all of these:

🌿Howzit - hi, hello & how are you all rolled up in one word.
🌿Yoh - describes good, bad, happy, sad, surprising or shockingly dramatic information.
🌿Ubuntu - what makes South Africans unique. A way of living, sharing & caring for each other. I am because we are.
🌿Yebo - yes but with way more ooomph.
🌿”Now now” - actually means later, anything between 5 min and 5 hours..
🌿Boerewors rolls/ Borrie roll are NOT the same as a hotdog
🌿you call a van or minibus a “combie” or a “bakkie”.
🌿Gatvol - there is no equivalent in English to express this emotional word of “I’ve had enough”
🌿Haibo - when something seems unbelievable or shocking.
🌿A Braai is a braai - because a BBQ is a chip flavour.
🌿A Mielie - a staple side to any good braai also known as corn on the cob.
🌿466-64 - is a number means something to you.
🌿the word “man” gets added to the end of many sentences.
🌿Seeing shirtless men out in public with beer boeps and flip flops is normal esp on rugby match days.
🌿Chommie - my friend but with more gusto.
🌿Lekker - can mean nice or used as a conversation exist strategy.
🌿the word Shame - can be added randomly to the end of any sentence to express a number of various emotions.

I’ll be proudly South African today, tomorrow and everyday thereafter🇿🇦 Hulle Weet Nie Wat Ons Weet Nie!!

24/09/2025

“Do what you love” - they said.
“You’ll feel happy” - they said.
“You’ll feel whole” - they said.
“You’ll feel love” - they said.
“You’ll feel joy” - they said.
“You’ll feel balanced” - they said.

“They were right!” - I said 🫶🏽

22/09/2025

My style as a ceramic artist keeps transforming and evolving almost on a daily basis.
I love detail, imperfections and
I absolutely love movement.
There are no perfect, thin or overly refined edge on any of my pieces.
They’re handmade, I want you to still see my “hands” within each vessel and piece I create.

People often ask me if I have a design notebook or glaze recipe book.
The answer is no, I don’t.
I don’t want to remember exactly what I did because I don’t want to create repetitive “cookie cutter” style pieces.
Each piece is its own it has its own look, markings and uniqueness.
I have a general idea of where, what and how but generally I stand in front of my bag of clay and I go with the flow in that moment.

Keeps it exciting you know.

When you buy something from an artist
You’re buying more than an object.
You’re buying hundreds of hours of errors and experimentation.
You’re buying years of frustration and moments of pure joy.
You’re not buying just one thing,
You are buying a piece of a heart,
a piece of a soul...
A small piece of someone else’s life.
A small piece of my life, my love and my soul.
xoxo

20/09/2025

This beautiful memory popped up today from 2 years ago…
”When I received an inbox message from asking if I’d like to be interviewed I jumped up and down like an excited toddler.

Me?
Yes you! ☺️

Truly an honour and a privilege.
I loved sharing my story.”

If you’d like to read the full article:
Click on the Visi magazine website and you’ll find me under “artist we love” and yes you better believe I’m still blushing as I type this out.

https://visi.co.za/artists-we-love-xoxo-pottery/

Www.Xoxopotterydesigns.Co.Za

19/09/2025

You are entirely up to you and more capable than you think. So believe the resounding voice within you that confirms this. It speaks to us all the time, all we need to do is tune in.

As I’ve matured and ‘grown up’ I’ve come to realize the following saying is true - ‘not getting what you want is often a blessing in disguise’.
I’m so happy my life has taken the trajectory it has. Nothing is ever going to matter as much as my own exquisite heart, ingenious mind, warm soul or restless creative hands.

Only we know how to build the life of our dreams. Only we can do that.
Build it well, edit it frequently and decorate it as you please.
With love xoxo

18/09/2025

Xoxopottery Quotes

17/09/2025

On My Workbench Today…
Along with some inner reflections.

Trust what you know is true.
Trust your intuition.
Trust your deep inner voice.
The more you do, the more it speaks to you.

Sometimes it may feel foggy or erratic.
You might not always see or understand it clearly.
Your senses might dull, go out of sync, or feel lost.
That’s okay.

Just stop.
Take a breath.
Tune in.

Listen.
Find your still point.
Connect to your center.
Trust your internal compass.

You don’t need external authority to validate your truth.
You don’t need society’s approval.
You only need the vibration of belief within yourself.

Sometimes, you simply have to let yourself be guided.
Listen.
Honour the wild inner calling of your soul.
That’s where your happiness lives.