I started Beginner Ceramics in March of 2021 after joining a local ceramics studio and immediately falling 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.

Exploring form with the mind of a beginner and creating with joy is the goal with every piece. I want the work to impart the wonder and curiosity I feel in making it.

For the past two decades I’ve worked with artists to produce large-scale sculptures using many methods and materials (metal, wood, foam, concrete, water, flowers, airplanes!). After rediscovering clay, I decided to take a chance on myself and in June of 2022 I left my job to pursue Beginner Ceramics full-time!

Imbued with my love of art and design, and influenced by those methods of production - each piece is exuberantly and meticulously made by my hand in Brooklyn, New York.

- Jesse Hamerman

Email me for any inquiries - wholesale, custom orders, or anything else!

Jesse@beginnerceramics.com

I use many different methods and processes to create each piece, and love experimenting in the studio. That’s the beauty of ceramics - there are so many ways to learn. I make all my larger vases in sections on the pottery wheel and assemble them (using them as building blocks), this way there is no limit to the forms I can create.

My glaze colors were chosen through much experimentation. I love all the different combinations that can be had from a limited palette. There’s so much joy in discovering a new color combination. If you’d like a custom combination, email us and we can collaborate.

Time is the most important element in the process. Each piece is carefully and slowly dried so it doesn’t crack or break. Vases are covered in plastic to control the moisture. There is no hard and fast rule for amount of drying time, it is always different depending on the geometry and how complicated a piece is. Once fired, clay is super durable, but very delicate during the making process. Time and patience is of the utmost importance (aside from fun ;)

Our Terms

  • Pieces “IN STOCK” will be processed, packed and shipped within 2-3 weeks.

    All the pieces in “SHOP” are carefully handmade to order. The general lead time is between 8-12 weeks depending on the order size and current studio volume. Exact lead time will be confirmed by email once the payment has been processed.

  • SHIPPING & HANDLING:

    Shipping and handling is calculated by quantity of pieces and begins at $15 for the smaller pieces with each additional piece another $10. This covers all packing materials and shipping costs.

    Larger pieces will be packed to order. Once packed, the cost will be communicated via email and payment processed prior to the work being shipped.

    All orders shipped via UPS from the studio in Brooklyn.

    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.

  • There are generally no returns except in the unlikely event of a damaged item or in special cases. In the rare occurrence a piece has been damaged in transport, please contact me within 5 business days of receiving the piece so it can be replaced.

Just getting back into the studio after coming down from @icff_official two weeks ago and thinking on how all my work relates. It’s so cool to be able to install the pieces together and get a different perspective.
The Dune urn in sand! I’ve always loved how the raw clay shows off the form and has a much softer look. Check this out @urnstudios and see all the amazing irons by other artists too!
The smallest offering of my newest urns @urnstudios the Trevor urn! There are three sizes in two different glazed colorways, this one has the lid that sits perfectly in between the lines drawn by the handles, a natural extension of the form.
This is the Whirling Urn in Sand! This is the medium sized cremation urn I made for @urnstudios for their new collection. Its actually a throwback to a very early vase design when I first started building handles on forms, but modernized😉 And I&rsq
I was invited to design and create some urns for @urnstudios and am happy to share with you the final pieces! This is their first US collection, and am so excited with the three different urns I made. Here is an iteration of my Dune vase in Royal Bl
My curves are trending!🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thank you @juliademer and @homesandgardensofficial for including my funky ceramics😉
My Looping Oval Mirror made it into the latest issue of @fredericmagazine and it’s in such great company!! So grateful to be included!
Today is day 3 @icff_official and what a three days it has been! Come and bask in the warm pink light and celebrate ceramics with me! If you’d like a pass to the show, try code ICFFEXH014 for a complimentary pass to see all the beautiful objec