Handmade Ceramics from a Cincinnati Native  

Find beautiful handmade pottery you'll love using every day or bringing out for special occasions — timeless pieces that spark conversation and make people ask where you found them.

A ceramic bowl with a rustic, textured exterior and a glossy, blue interior glaze.

Featured Artwork

12oz Spring coffee mug
$35.00

This 12oz mug is waiting to hold your favorite beverage

Microwave and Dishwasher safe

Woodgrain Ceramic bowl
$50.00

Perfect accent to modernize your home

Oil Cruet
$45.00

Perfect for your favorite cooking oil. Comes with a removeable chrome spout.

Microwave and Dishwasher safe

A wheel, some hands and a touch of crazy

Person shaping wet clay on a pottery wheel, with hands inside a ceramic pot.

I have a minor in ceramics but took a long hiatus after college to pursue a career and start a family. After the grind of corporate life and the longing of something for me after kids, I decided to get back into clay. I am still juggling all the things of life while trying to grow this handmade business.

Vanessa Birkle, the artist behind Island Time Artistry. Island Time came from my maiden name, Maue (pronounced like the island, Maui). My dad initially created Island Time Woodturning but when he passed away I knew I wanted to keep the name alive.