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All pottery pieces & sculptures are handmade, unique, bespoke & one of a kind. Sculpting clay is a form of expressing my love- it's love made visible.

23/04/2026

Xoxopottery Quotes

21/04/2026

My style is constantly shifting, evolving as I do.
I’m drawn to small detail, to interesting imperfections,
to movement that makes me feel alive.

There are no perfectly thin edges here, nothing overly refined.
Each one of my babies carries the trace of my hands…
I purposely leave my finger prints I want them to be present, visible, intentional.

I lean into colour and glazes I love mixing up an concocting new pops of colour in a way that stirs emotion,
and more than anything, I’m here to create pieces that feel dramatic, that hold presence, that speak before words ever could. A drumroll soundtrack plays loudly in my head everytime I open my kiln door.

My work is never still, meek or mild … it’s always over the top.

I’m not interested in perfect edges, death by symmetry or polished restraint.
I want you to see my hands in every curve, every mark, every decision left behind.

And when it comes to colour… I let it speak loudly.
I want you to feel something. I want my pieces to be conversation pieces.
Colour is where passion lives for me,
and drama is where my work feels most at home.

To me, each piece holds a kind of mystery,
a loud intensity that lingers long after you’ve looked away.

20/04/2026

Remember this🌿

The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.
Be patient.
Be humble.
Believe in your dreams.
Believe in your ability to creat and live a life that brings you joy.
Honour the calling of your soul, even if it seems a little uncertain initially.
Keep moving forward and know that all this hard work you’re putting in day in and day out WILL produce the
results you’ve been looking for.

Your time is coming.
Don’t give up🌿

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” Judy Garland

19/04/2026

Stepping into my studio to start creating, there’s always
a quiet moment where everything begins to shift.
What starts as raw earth in a plastic bag, something simple
and formless, begins to take on intention.
It begins to find its voice.

I don’t always arrive with a fixed plan. In fact,
sometimes I just stand there, holding my clay until I’m ready.
More often, I follow a feeling. A memory.
Something I’ve been holding, waiting to let out.

The soft echoes of shapes I’ve seen before in nature, on my travels, along the shoreline, in the smallest details most people might not hold onto, or simply let pass by.

The clay responds in its own way.
It resists, softens, curves, and slowly, something begins to emerge.
Sometimes it’s repetitive, but it needs to be.
That’s where I find space to get more creative,
especially in the glazing process.

Each piece carries a journey.
From the earth, to my hands, to something that lasts
and sparks joy.

My “babies” come alive and take centre stage.
Oh how I love to watch them perform.

That’s the real performance, where the magic comes to life.
Not just in what is created, but in what it becomes.

17/04/2026

Xoxopottery Quotes🤍

16/04/2026

Sometimes and truly it’s an extremely rare occasion…
They just don’t survive and sometimes there are multiple reasons for the loss.
This was a few months ago… it was “the perfect storm”.
I received my standard 120kg clay order,
I created many pieces over those 2/3 weeks.
I fired some, glazed some,
photographed some and they were all perfect…

Then suddenly out of nowhere 3 pieces just didn’t make it. They simply refused to be.
Was it 1 faulty bag of clay amongst the entire batch?
Was it that I somehow trapped air bubbles in all 3 of my babies?
Was it where they were positioned in the kiln?
Did I not handle them with as much care as I normally do?
Was it just a lesson I needed to learn?
Was it the kiln g-ds coming to humble me and collect their bounty?

Thankfully as I’ve mentioned this truly hardly ever happens to me, so when it does I feel it deeply… I take it personally…

But I’ve come to understand that this is part of the contract.
Not everything is meant to make it through the fire.
Some pieces are here to teach, not to last.
And as much as I shape the clay… it also shapes me.

15/04/2026

Do it anyway…
Do it for the plot twist..
Do it for you 🫶🏽

14/04/2026

This is when and where some of the magic happens.
My studio - my happy place.
I love the process of creating and am grateful I get to do it everyday.
It starts off as I tear open the bag of clay. At that point the possibilities are endless and exciting. I don’t always know exactly what the outcome will be.

“What will you become my love?” is a question I often ask.
I’m probably sounding like a crazy clay lady, but the conversations and intentions are very real…
Once created, each piece gets gently handled several times for several difference reasons.
I prefer working off my pieces in their raw wet clay state more than sanding them once they’ve dried.
I do very little to zero sanding or grating whatsoever.

There are many steps I follow throughout each one of my “babies” lives I have to say my most intentional step is carefully packing my kiln and closing the door.
I don’t rush. I don’t force any piece to fit in.
If I feel resistance I won’t comprise on allowing each piece some space to shine.
Although I find it stressful sometimes to make it all fit, there has to be a happy feeling around packing the kiln.

It’s at that point I am no longer directly in control or involved in the outcome. There’s an element of faith and trust that has to kick in.
I loving tap the door of my kiln 3 times and say “fire well my babies”. I then patiently wait to open the door and see my babies come to life.
I love clay
I love creating
I love this process
I love that this is my everyday life.

xoxo

11/04/2026

Being an artist means…I step away, just to catch my work from the corner of my eye. To look at it from all angles.

It means I change something that was technically right
because it didn’t feel right in my hands.
It means I take chaos, emotion, and the unknown
and work it into clay until it becomes something I can hold.

It means I trust the process…from soft wet clay to vitrified bisque to uncertain glaze,even when it makes no sense.
It means I trust my hands and my gut more than the noise in my mind.

It means I adjust the smallest detail…that no one else will notice, but I feel it instantly. I notice it.

It means I leave the fingerprints, the imperfections…
because that’s where the life is.
That’s where I am.
It means I’m expressing something I don’t have the words for.

Truthfully… trusting this process isn’t always easy.
Not when the glaze looks wrong, or the piece feels off,
or I’m convinced I’ve ‘ruined it’.

But most pieces go through that phase. Most of us go through that phases too.

So I remind myself (regularly):
…don’t rush the uncomfortable
…focus only on the next step
…step back… often… stop being so critical.

What feels wrong up close usually makes sense
from a distance.

And sometimes (often)…
the kiln brings it together in ways I never planned.

Address

Sea Point By Appointment Only
Cape Town
8005

Telephone

+27836020472

Website

http://xoxopotterydesigns.co.za/

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