Who we are

A studio that makes fewer pots, on purpose

Reese Lansangan is a working pottery studio. We throw, slab-build, and hand-form stoneware for daily use, and we keep the batches small so each piece can be finished with attention instead of speed.

Small-batch is not a marketing angle here. It is how the work gets made. A run of twelve mugs, a shelf of six serving bowls, a set of planters that only exists because a glaze ran a little further than planned. When a piece leaves the studio shelf, it carries a record of that decision.

Made for daily use

Our tableware is built to be picked up, filled, washed, and reached for again tomorrow. Mugs, bowls, and plates that hold up to real kitchens, not display shelves.

Honest material detail

Every listing names the clay body, glaze family, approximate dimensions, food-safe finish, and firing type. If a piece has a cosmetic flaw, we say so and show it.

Variation as a record

Thumb marks, glaze pooling, and slight shifts in form are the material's own handwriting. We leave them visible because they tell you how the piece was made.

Who we make for

Home cooks who want a bowl that feels right in the hand. Collectors who follow a glaze family across firings. Gift buyers looking for something with a maker's name behind it. Interior stylists who care about texture and weight, not just color. If you notice the difference between a thrown rim and a pressed one, you are who we have in mind.

We do not chase volume, and we do not pretend every piece is identical. Limited counts, irregular restocks, and careful packing are part of the deal. That is the trade we are happy to make, and it is why the work stays worth keeping.

Why we work this way

Small batches, because the clay asks for it

Reese Lansangan Studio exists to make stoneware that gets used every day, and to make it slowly enough that the material still shows through. We throw, slab-build, and hand-form in runs small enough to keep an eye on every piece.

No two pieces match, and that is the point

A wheel-thrown mug carries the pull of the hand that made it. A slab-built plate keeps a soft, uneven rim. Thumb marks, glaze pooling, and small shifts in form are the record of how a piece was made, not something to sand away.

Specs before the shelf

Every listing states the clay body, the glaze family, approximate dimensions, the food-safe finish, and the firing type. Buyers should know what is arriving before it leaves the studio, not after they open the box.

Limited counts, uneven restocks

Pieces come off the wheel in small numbers and return to the catalog in irregular cycles, tied to how the kiln runs. When a shape is gone, it stays gone until the next firing, and sometimes it comes back a little different.

Who this is for

Home cooks who want a bowl that holds up to weeknight pasta. Collectors who follow a glaze recipe across firings. Gift buyers looking for something with a maker behind it. Interior stylists who need tableware with real texture instead of a uniform finish.

What ties them together is a preference for honest material detail over loud claims. We do not promise perfection, and we do not pretend a handmade piece behaves like a factory one. We promise that what you read in the listing is what you get, and that the piece was made by hand in this studio.

Studio Partners

The people who keep the kiln schedule honest

Small-batch work only holds together with a short list of collaborators. Clay suppliers, a glaze chemist, a local gallery, and the shops that carry our seconds shelf all shape what actually comes out of the kiln. These are the ones we have worked with long enough to trust with a firing.

Working since 2016

Four long-term partners, one shared standard: material detail stated plainly, no run shipped before it is checked piece by piece.

Clay supply

Tierra Norte Clay Works

Mid-fire stoneware bodies with consistent iron speckling. They hold our standing order for the oat and clay-brown runs, and they flag a batch change before it reaches the wheel.

Glaze testing

Marta Oyelaran, glaze chemist

Runs the food-safe testing on every new recipe family, including the deep teal interior glaze. Nothing goes into a serving piece until her notes come back signed.

Retail shelf

Casa Herrera Home Goods

Carries the morning cups and planters in their Santiago del Estero shop. They photograph each delivery themselves, which keeps the listings close to what is actually on the shelf.

Packing and freight

Ruta Sur Packing Co-op

Wraps and boxes the fragile runs. They built the double-wall insert we now use for serving bowls, and they have not lost a single slab-built piece in transit.

Trade and custom dinnerware work is handled separately from these partnerships.