Today we are all a inured to ornamented ceramic-ware mass produced in China and elsewhere. As they became ubiquitous, we became desensitized to the relatively few hand ornamented ceramic pieces made in America. Our work, which is certainly not even close to some of the most beautiful hand-painted ceramics from many other sources in […]
As many know, we make all of our own glazes with the exception of two (we have about thirty) and we are constantly experimenting to come up with new glazes. Often we create a new glaze by layering one tried and true glaze over another tried and true. It is interesting to realize that it […]
People sometimes come to us because their cat won’t drink water and they want to know what to do. They know that water is vital to their cats’ health. As we of ThirstyCats have more than a decade of dealing with this issue we certainly can help but before addressing that specifically, first a little […]
Cat Water Bowl to Cat Water Fountain During 2008 I was making small, ornamental ceramic fountains and putting them around my home. I had one outside on the patio, plugged in and running and found our cat, Bijou, frequently using it. I realized with a start that I hardly ever saw him use his water […]
THIRSTYCATS NEW GLAZES Introducing two new glazes. The cat fountain on top shows a beautiful, rich purple speckled with silver and has magenta under tones and which we are currently calling Almandine. The second we are calling Plum which is magenta with lavender undertones. We make our glazes from raw minerals which gives us the ability […]
Cats tend to be naturally inquisitive creatures, so when I took an interest in container gardening, I didn’t think much of my cat sniffing around… until she started eating the plants themselves. After a few close calls and numerous google searches I cleared all the toxic plants out of the apartment, but when she started […]