A woman with blonde hair wearing a black shirt and white apron is shaping a clay vase on a pottery wheel in a studio.

Woman with blonde hair and glasses wearing a red beanie and black shirt, holding yellow clay in a workshop.

Somewhere between the wheel and the kiln, a lump of earth becomes something you'll reach for every morning.

I'm Lauren. I've been making that happen from my studio in Austin, Texas since 2021 — though the obsession started much earlier, in a community studio class in 2007 that I never really recovered from.

For twenty years I worked as a Speech Pathologist, throwing pots on the side, all the while going deeper into the craft. In 2021 I made it official. Hey Moon Ceramics is what happens when two decades of curiosity, discipline, and love for the process finally get the full-time attention they deserve.

Every piece is wheel-thrown, hand-painted, and finished by me — start to finish, in my Austin studio. The same hands that center the clay are the ones that sign off on each piece before it ships.

I also pour small-batch scented candles into handmade ceramic vessels — each one a pairing of form and fragrance, made with US-grown soy and carefully sourced oils. When the wax is gone, the vessel stays.

Opening the kiln never gets old. Every firing is a small act of faith — you do everything right, and then you wait. That tension, and the moment it releases, is why I keep coming back. I hope you feel some of that in whatever piece finds its way to you.

Person holding a clay mug in a pottery studio, their hands covered in clay.