Food Recipes: �sa Klockars Pottery

Quite a few of you have asked about my blue pottery. It's very special to me, and made by pottery artist �sa Klockars. �sa lives and works in Dalarna, a beautiful part of Sweden. I bought my first piece at least five years ago, I think - and I've gotten quite a few favorites since then. And as you can see, I like photographing them! So here's some of what I have:

-a large mug
-a custom made set of plates
-a cake stand

I also have - but have neglected to photograph, I realize - a large shallow bowl, a lovely pie dish, a much used small milk jug (perfect for frothing milk before I bought the espresso machine) and plenty of small bowls that I originally bought for the cats. In fact, �sa recognizes me now as the one who has all the cats.

�sa has her workshop in her home, and also sells out of her home - but since two years, she also has a summer caf� along with a friend who makes cheese. Me and my mother went there this summer, and it was very lovely indeed.

I bought some new stuff, as you can see up above. It's a salt cellar (although �sa insists on calling it a peanut bowl - it could be either), and two bowls. The turqouise is my favorite. She mixes the color herself, and it's really her signature. She does make a lovely light glazed blue as well, and white and black - but the turqouise is special. And in fact, I like it so much I had a wall painted the same color in our old apartment! (You can see it in this picture.)