whimsical, functional folk pottery

handmade by Ali Kapper in Massillon ⇔ Wooster, Ohio. Speckled stoneware, painted in black underglaze, no two alike.

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Ali's tattooed hands holding up two poppy mugs, stitched handles hooked on their fingers, summer trees behind.
The Laughing Hare

the pieces

15 available right now, each painted by hand and one of a kind

  • A cream mug with a pink poppy and black leaves, resting against tree bark on autumn mulch.

    Poppy mug

    $46

    Wheel-thrown stoneware with poppies in pink, black bramble, and a stitched handle.

    14 oz

  • A handleless tumbler painted with a fox chasing a hare, standing in mulch under orange coneflowers.

    Fox & hare tumbler

    $40

    A fox and a hare mid-chase, with a heart, two stars and a moth. Holds a big coffee.

    12 oz

  • Three tumblers on a wooden crate; the front one shows a praying mantis with a dashed rim.

    Mantis tumbler

    $40

    A praying mantis in black underglaze, ticks around the rim, seafoam glaze inside.

    12 oz

  • A hand holding a tall speckled tumbler painted with a single black carnation, green trees behind.

    Carnation tumbler

    $38

    One tall carnation and a scatter of flecks on speckled stoneware.

    12 oz

  • Four poppy tumblers lying on a wooden bench among pine branches.

    Poppy tumbler

    $38

    Pink poppies and black rim ticks on a slim, handleless cup. Made in a small batch.

    10 oz

  • Two mugs on a wooden crate: one with a cat, one with a moth, both with striped handles.

    Moth mug

    $46

    A big-eyed moth with rust wings, candy-striped handle, black-lined lip.

    12 oz

  • A hand tilting a cup to show its speckled seafoam interior and a black cat painted outside.

    Cat cup

    $36

    A black cat on the outside, speckled seafoam glaze inside.

    10 oz

    sold, thanks for lookin’

  • Two cream mugs with sculpted breasts and striped handles on a wooden crate.

    Boob mug

    $48

    Yep. Hand-pinched, pink-tipped, stitched handle. The market favourite.

    12 oz

  • A hand holding a bowl painted with a wide-eyed black cat, green bushes behind.

    Black cat bowl

    $48

    A wide, bristling black cat wraps the bowl. Cereal, noodles, ice cream.

    6 in

  • A speckled bowl with a wavy rim held up against a lawn, a small hare painted inside.

    Scalloped hare bowl

    $58

    Pinched scalloped rim with a hare peeking from the bottom. Dinner-sized.

    8 in

  • Two bowls on a wooden crate with purple wildflowers; the larger one is painted with swallows.

    Swallow bowl

    $44

    Swallows circling the rim, ticks at the lip. Soup-sized.

    6 in

    sold, thanks for lookin’

  • Two round dishes painted with curled sleeping hares, their ears tipped in rust.

    Hare spoon rest

    $28

    A tucked, sleeping hare with a rust-coloured ear. Keeps the stove clean.

    5 in

  • An arch-shaped ceramic wall shelf with a dashed border, painted with a leaping hare and spring flowers.

    Spring hare altar shelf

    $165

    Slab-built arch with a leaping hare, lily of the valley, poppies and carrots. Three ledges for small treasures. Hangs on the wall.

    11 × 7 in

  • An arch-shaped wall shelf painted with a cat and a snake between crescent moons, on a lattice table.

    Cat, snake & moon altar shelf

    $140

    Two ledges. A cat with a sparrow's eye above, a snake under two moons below.

    10 × 6 in

  • A tall arch-shaped wall shelf with four ledges, painted with a moth and a cicada.

    Moth & cicada altar shelf

    $175

    Four ledges: a moth, a cicada, a sprig of something, a moon.

    12 × 7 in

  • Two small arch-shaped shelves side by side, painted with bees, moths and flowers.

    Botanical altar shelf

    $95

    Bee, moth, poppies and ferns in a small arch. Two ledges. Made in pairs.

    8 × 5 in

  • An arch-shaped wall shelf with four ledges painted with a fox, a skull, a flower and a hare.

    Fox altar shelf

    $180

    A fox, a skull, a flower, a running hare. Four ledges. The very first one.

    12 × 7 in

    sold, thanks for lookin’

  • Seven pairs of black-and-cream patterned clay earrings on kraft cards, laid on a wooden board.

    Striped clay earrings

    $24

    Lightweight stoneware on sterling hooks. Stripes, eyes and diamonds; every pair different.

    2 in

Two commissioned mugs painted with pet portraits of dogs and flowers, standing in grass by coneflowers.

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Your dog on a mug. A bowl for a wedding. A shelf for the weird little things you keep. Tell me what’s rattling around in your head and I’ll sketch it out in underglaze.

Most pieces take four to six weeks from sketch to kiln, kiln gods willing.

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