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04/11/2026

Thank You! For all your orders 🫶 New cards to say big thanks are ready too, as the new shop update is planned by the end of November ✨

Cards came out so nice, with textures as most of my work. There is something in the touch… as we just don’t use our eyes to see beauty, we can also feel it with other senses.

02/11/2026

They say Mondays are blue? Well, I think it can be any color you’re like it to be. Uluala Mondays can be grey, or white, or this particular shade of color.. is it pink? purple? brown? 😁 it is the shade of Uluala.

The brand color comes from this stoneware. I fell in love with it when I started this journey 6 years ago. Long before that I had painted our kitchen wall in the same shade, as I love all the colors in which is hard to say, what color it actually is.

And one of these early days, when still working with my pots on our kitchen counter, I noticed that the “new” stoneware I took home to test, was the same color as our wall. Coincidence? At the same time name Uluala came to mind and it felt right. And it sticked, the color, the name and this stoneware to my hands too 🤣

It is fun to work with, this clay. More sticky than others, but because of that, gives nice plasticity. Beautiful to look at while working, even though it looks like there’s been a murder in the studio. After the final firing it turns light brown, but if fired in lower temperatures, up to 1200 celcius, it remains somewhat pinkish.

Now you know why my feed is full of this color. Love it!

Happy Monday 🤎

30/10/2026

Flashback Friday ✨

Summer of 2025 I set up a pop-up studio at uluala.farm for two reasons. One, so I could spend more time at the farm, not needing constantly drive to the city (read: to my wheel). Second, to introduce this craft to a wider community. So people who came to visit could try out the wheel and get their hands dirty too.

And what a bliss, was to work in fresh air 😌 as summer studio doors would always be wide open. And all this magical light that filled the room. As autumn turns more dark, I look at those images, and light comes out again.

Happy weekend!

29/10/2026

Finally. Calculations done. So how many items were made? Longest post ever…

Project for Eha Retreat with Peeter Pihel actually started in other, much smaller studio, so during our studio move I was constantly making, even when we didn’t have all the furniture in place. Wheel needed to spin. First the deadline was really tight so I hired some extra help from Kadri Kunnus. She spent couple of days at the studio throwing around 60+ entree plates, while I wedged and made other plates. Turning all the pieces afterwards was my task. Left the most fun part to her, so she would be more motivated with my crazy ideas 🤣 And well…., I had to throw quite a lot of these plates afterwards again, as one particular stubborn glaze started to play tricks, and it didn’t show any errors on the smaller test plates 🤦‍♀️ Lesson learned, do not trust a glaze you haven’t used a lot on different shapes, as it works super nice on vases, not so easy on flat surfaces like plates.

Around 450 pieces were in this order, but before I could actually start making quantities, prototyping was needed. This means every piece needs to be made from scratch, from start to finish. Like proper product design to test every possible error that might arise during the whole making process.

And then there was glaze development to get truly original results. Yet another process was to test out different ways of applying the glaze, was it going to be dipping, pouring, airbrush? Ended up dipping with a twist 😁 to get the perfect effect we were after. Never forget all the special tools I tested to actually do the glazing… And then between all this process the new kiln arrived and just messed so much with my head 😝 Total roller coaster ride.

But I had a good backup team. Friends and family, all helped mentally or physically. My six year old daughter was eager to help clean up all the bats I was constantly using. Thank you little helper and thank you Hartley & Noble Ltd for making this system for us potters 🙏🏻.

How much items I ended up doing then? Counting in all the small plates I used for testing the glazes and some bigger items with glaze errors, total 604 pieces were made. Caption continues in comments 👇🏻

27/10/2026

Organic forms might be the favorite ones to make in vases, but one simple form I keep going back to is a bottle. This primitive form works well individually and in groups. Also a great companion besides more complex forms, so it is a good styling object, as it gives an opportunity to add balance.

For fun I made one with collar too. Always playing with some new forms to see what happens if I add something or take something away. Process of creating.

From time to time there is a one rose, branch or lonely bloom left over from withering bouquet that needs a vase where to shine again. Then this bottle as a decorative piece on my bookshelf, comes in handy.

So far I’ve made them only in white. Should they be also in different shades? Are you into light or dark?

Painting by Triinu Aruoja

25/10/2026

Teadaanne/ Announcement 📣 English below.

Tänasest kuni oktoobri lõpuni on kõik tooted e-poes 15% soodsamad! Kuna teen sooduskampaaniaid väga harva, kui üldse mitte, siis mõtlesin, et sünnipäeva puhul teen teie rõõmuks erandi.

Tean, et valikus pole enam palju järel, sest keegi ostis suurema osa mu töödest korraga ära 🥹🫣🔥, kuid saadaval on veel mõned nunnud kausid, paar teie lemmiktassi ja mõned vaasid. Nende seas on ka populaarne suur tulbivaas. 🤩

Niisiis, kuni järgmise laupäevani saate oma lemmikuid soetada hea hinnaga. Otselink poodi https://www.uluala.com/collections/all

Mõnusat nädalat!
Ele

📣 From today till end of October, all pieces in the web shop are 15% off! It is a birthday month after all, so I thought, as I rarely do any sales, I would like to make an exception for you.

I know there isn’t much left, as someone bought most of my works with one go 🥹🫣🔥, but some cute bowls, couple of your favorite mugs and some vases are still available. The big tulip vase is among them too 🤩

So till next Saturday you can get your favorites with good price. If you live abroad, then send me DM for international shipping. Direct link to the shop https://www.uluala.com/collections/all

Have a great week!
Ele

17/10/2026

If life gives you apples.
Make bowls?

Anyway I am out of ideas what else to do with all the apples uluala.farm trees have given this year.
We have made
jam,
juice,
all sorts of cakes,
different dishes,
dried apples,
eaten as much possible 😂 (I feel like an apple)
and all my friends,
neighbors
and clients have gotten loads.

Definitely need a plan for the future as I am not planning to cut any of the trees down.

15/10/2026

Well. To be honest I actually made another animal during this summer. But the horse is still my first sculpture as this little fella is a pure practical piece.

And this is already second edition from this cute little creature. First one I made for Open Farms Day at uluala.farm last year, as I wanted fun container to collect tips to support the farm and wheel throwing lessons. During these days at the farm, lessons and food has been free of charge, but if visitors feel like supporting then this little piggy was a great helper.

This second edition was a custom order, where a long time client wondered if I would make a cat shaped bank. As figuring out totally new product needs testing, I offered different animal, someone I had already tested, a pig. She happily accepted my offer and one really friendly face came to life.

I might have a thing with farm animals 🫣

14/10/2026

Most practical object in ceramic is definitely the bowl. Besides useful for serving food and being a great styling object and container for all sorts of things. It can be a good partner for mixing different masks and body lotions too.

Eha Retreat needed a set of bowls for their wellness area to mix different natural materials into magical lotions for the face and body. Two smaller bowls are for mixing and bigger bowl serves as a water container. Useful to rinse hands between treatments, so the constant running water would not be necessary and the room could stay calm and quiet. Every detail is well thought through at that place. So I but all my calming thoughts into these bowls too.

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