I started Beginner Ceramics in March of 2021 after joining a local ceramics studio and immediately fell in love with the process. Having worked with clay in college, it was a return to the medium after 21 years, and more importantly felt like a return to my true self.

For the past 22 years, I’ve collaborated professionally with many artists to produce large-scale, logistically complicated sculptures using different methods and materials (metal, wood, foam, concrete, water, flowers, airplanes!). After rediscovering clay, I decided to focus all my material knowledge and creative energy into it, and in June of 2022 left my job to pursue Beginner Ceramics full-time!

Exploring form with the mind of a beginner and creating with joy is the goal with every object. 

Each piece is exuberantly and meticulously made by my hand in Brooklyn, New York.

- Jesse Hamerman

For any inquiries regarding wholesale, custom orders, or for anything else!

Please send an email to:

Jesse@beginnerceramics.com

SHIPPING & HANDLING:

Shipping and handling is calculated by quantity of pieces and begins at $15. Each additional piece is $5. This covers all packing materials and shipping costs.

All orders shipped via USPS Priority mail and will be processed and shipped from the studio within 1-2 weeks. Please e-mail if you need anything sooner.

Currently shipping only to the US and Canada. If you want something sent internationally, please reach out via email and we can get a custom quote.

Some vases awaiting glaze on the shelves. I love the motion that the coiled lines create and generally just stare at them awaiting glaze inspiration☺️ _________________________________________________ #ceramics #contemporaryceramics #pottery #handma
An installation shot of the eye candy that is the final exhibition at Culture Object, so excited to be a part of the show! Can you spot my vase? Repost • culture.object THE END: Expanded Field Art, the final exhibition at the gallery’s cu
Here is the work in all its glory in the studio before delivering to @whitneymuseum and some vitrine glamour thrown in. So excited to have the pieces there in conjunction with the biennial!!! _________________________________________________ #cerami
Experimenting with wiring lamps and trying to source out the correct dimming switch. Had an accident while trying to drill out a hole, always learning…
I have this proud vase in a group show this Thursday! At the inspiring and visually stunning #cultureobject for their last show in their current space. There will be so many colorful and amazing objects, made by so many great artists in a very though
New round of mugs going out into the world. Even though I sit at the wheel with the same amount of clay, I let myself experiment with the subtleties of form within each one. I learn and shift from one to the next, the previous one informing the next
So excited to see my work in the @whitneymuseum shop!! And showing in the same vitrine as the amazing @something_elsas and a humongous idol of mine, Sol LeWitt. His minimal sensibilities and ideas have defined my early interest in art, if you can b
Look at the view! My vases traveled to the west coast last month and soaked in the sun. Seen here @felixartfair in @racheluffnergallery room! So excited to have been able to show these among so many great artists. _________________________________