Lonesomeville Pottery is a small design studio creating handmade art pottery right here in Portland. Lonesomeville pottery is inspired by the natural beauty of the Great Northwest and the gardens of Lonesomeville which surround the studio. All Lonesomeville designs start as sculpted originals created by renowned Northwest artist Danny Hills. His work has been featured in galleries and museums around the country including The Hearst Museum, The St.Louis Art Museum and Christie’s Auction House. Each piece of Lonesomeville pottery begins with Danny's original hand-sculpted design. A mold of Danny’s original is then created, using the same time-honored techniques employed by the great pottery houses of the 19th and early 20th century, such as Roseville and McCoy Pottery. In order to ensure heirloom-quality pieces, the Lonesomeville studio produces no more than three limited editions per week. This ensures that Lonesomeville pottery is hand-crafted to exacting standards, resulting in heirlooms to be treasured for generations. Every aspect of production is done in the Lonesomeville studio. The glazes are formulated to best reflect the character and detail of the designs, and two or three coats of glaze are applied to each piece by hand, which brings a character and warmth to the pieces that is impossible to replicate in single-glaze, factory-produced pottery. Lonesomeville pottery appears in such iconic western institutions as the Ahwahnee Lodge in Yosemite, The Gamble House in Pasadena, the de Young Museum in San Francisco and The Inn at Torrey Pines.