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Coming Soon: The Hand Painted Collection
An overhead view of hand painted ceramic dinnerware featuring a tulip crown design against a green background. An overhead view of hand painted ceramic dinnerware featuring a tulip crown design against a green background.

The Hand Painted Collection

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A person with glasses and braided hair sits at a table in a pottery studio, painting a hand-painted ceramic bowl with a paintbrush in hand.

Some traditions endure because they're practiced.

What began with one maker's brush now lives in the hands of another. Inspired by motifs originally painted by Alex Matisse, these pieces are brought to life by East Fork makers trained in the hand painting process.

Through practice, repetition, and shared knowledge, the tradition continues.

A person with glasses and braided hair sits at a table in a pottery studio, painting a hand-painted ceramic bowl with a paintbrush in hand.
Warm off-white ceramic mug with a hand-painted olive green leaf motif and exposed clay base on a plain white background.
Dinner round ceramic plate with a hand-painted white leaf wreath and floral design on a blue-grey background with an exposed clay rim.
Medium ceramic shallow bowl with a hand-painted white leaf border on a pale warm brown interior and exterior with an exposed clay rim.
Side round ceramic plate with a hand-painted olive green leaf wreath and floral design on a cream background with an exposed clay rim.
Oval ceramic platter with a hand-painted white leaf and flower border on a blue-grey background with an exposed clay rim.
Large round ceramic platter with a hand-painted white leaf wreath and floral design on a warm pale brown background with an exposed clay rim.
A ceramic mug with a leaf pattern on a cream and brown body, styled on a matching patterned plate against a solid olive green background. A ceramic mug with a leaf pattern on a cream and brown body, styled on a matching patterned plate against a solid olive green background.

The Mark of a Maker

Every brushstroke tells a story. Explore the full Hand Painted collection.

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A hand holds a paintbrush over a ceramic plate being used as a palette on a wooden table, along with other paintbrushes. A hand holds a paintbrush over a ceramic plate being used as a palette on a wooden table, along with other paintbrushes.

A Living Tradition

“The Reverdir collection earlier this year was a small capsule of 
a larger idea.

The intent was to have something more lasting, something that I didn't do myself, which has been the East Fork story since the beginning. John, Connie and I were able to build something that involved a greater amount of people in this thing that we love.

It's been really beautiful to watch Rachel, who is our first hand painter, develop over the course of building this collection.”

- Alex Matisse, Founder & CEO

The Origins

An overhead view of a table with hand painted dinnerware, silverware, napkin, and a coupe glass. An overhead view of a table with hand painted dinnerware, silverware, napkin, and a coupe glass.

It's been really beautiful to watch Rachel, who is our first hand painter, develop over the course of building this collection.”

- Alex Matisse, Founder & CEO

The Origins
Alex and Rachel painting ceramic plates in the pottery factory.
Two ceramic plates nested together, with a larger speckled olive green plate inside a smaller cream-colored plate decorated with a leaf wreath pattern, set against a light blue background.
Hand painting an olive greenery and tulip motif on a cream ceramic plate.

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