Who we are
About
A small studio. A big love for making things by hand. Clay that carries the spirit of the outdoors into your home.
“The best things are made slowly, by hand, for someone specific.”
— The potter
The potter
Made by someone who loves
being outside as much as being at the wheel.
She grew up chasing the outdoors — on bikes, on skis, on foot. The woods were always more interesting than any room. So when she discovered ceramics, it wasn't the galleries that drew her in. It was the quiet.
Throwing on the wheel has the same rhythm as a long climb — slow, repetitive, meditative. You learn to work with the material, not against it. Every good pot, like every good ride, comes from being exactly where you are.
The stamps came naturally. A skier for winter. A mountain biker for summer. A snowflake, a fox, a pine tree. Small ways of pressing the life she loves into the things she makes.
The signature details
What makes these pieces, these pieces.
How we got here
The Journey
2014
First Touch of Clay
A community ceramics class on a rainy Tuesday changed everything. The feeling of wet clay on a spinning wheel was completely unlike anything else. She signed up for every class they offered.
2016
A Studio of Her Own
After two years of renting wheel time at a shared studio, she found a small space and set it up herself — one wheel, one kiln, a shelf of glazes. That's still basically what it is today.
2018
The Stamps Appear
The life she loved started showing up in the clay — little hand-pressed medallions of mountain bikers, skiers, foxes, snowflakes. A way of carrying the outdoors indoors. People asked about them everywhere.
2020
Alpenhus Is Born
With more time at the wheel and a freshly rebuilt kiln, she fired her most personal collection yet. Friends started buying pieces. Word spread. The name — alpenhüs, the little alpine house — stuck.
Now
Still at the Wheel
The studio hasn't moved. The trees outside are taller. The pots are better. She still rides bikes, skis the same trails, and brings that spirit into every piece she makes.
Take a piece of it home.
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