Recycled Glass Pottery & Earth Friendly Gifts by Paloma Pottery. Celebrating 9 Years in Business.

Bellingham, WA March 23, 2009 -- Celebrating 9 years in business, Paloma Pottery is offering weekly specials and free gifts for your home and garden with every purchase. Artisan style handmade pottery is adorned with fused recycled glass to create a classy recycled product and functional art in colors and items that fit a variety of tastes and décor. Handmade with love using recycled glass and pottery, Paloma Pottery offers a variety of products at already affordable prices from magnets and bookmarks to clocks and home decor. If 'reduce, reuse, recycle' is part of your philosophy and lifestyle you'll appreciate Paloma Pottery's mission to create a socially responsible and sustainable business.  Nicole is as passionate about exceptional customer service as she is her art.  She'll 'bust her glass' for her customers!

Each item is hand-made by owner and artist Nicole Whitney. Whitney's glass fused ceramic process begins with commonly used, traditional ceramic techniques. The addition of kiln melted, broken bits of recycled glass make the process unique. It sounds simple yet the result is brilliantly different. The inherent problems associated with combining the two mediums pose many physical challenges to the structural integrity of the pieces.  The result of the process is; it’s a delicate balance between form and function.

The challenges have not stopped Paloma Pottery from pushing forward and continuously trying to find new uses for things that may otherwise be thrown away. Each piece is made by collecting glass jars, beer bottles etc. from roadsides, trails or any other place that people leave trash. "I then bust the glass into small particles and infuse them into pottery," describes Whitney. The unique shapes and positioning of each fragment insures each piece to have a sparkle and depth that is truly unique. The crackle glass surface created is smooth to touch and sparkles with profound rich colors and textures.

Employing economically responsible ideals to reduce, re-use, and recycle as a mission, Paloma Pottery emerged in Jan. 2000. "I was inspired to recycle glass within my pottery and when I saw the results I knew I had found my niche," says Whitney. Paloma Pottery as a business is equally as important to the artist as the pottery and glass pieces created. "I believe that social responsibility in business is simply good practice and good business," continues Whitney. "I am committed to customer service, following through with my word, and dedicated to encouraging and following sustainable business."

Recycled glass infused Paloma Pottery products are available in over 45 stores throughout the US, including 11 Whole Foods Markets in Washington and Oregon. Affordable, handmade and unique these sparkling recycled glass products are a perfect low cost gift for just about any occasion. Shop online at http://www.palomapottery.com/catalog/ for your free gifts and weekly specials or in stores and find several unique glass pottery gifts for both him and her including earth friendly ornaments, necklace pendants, green home hardware, eco furniture, dinnerware, tiles, kitchen and bath accessories and many more items for the home and garden. 

PalomaPottery.com offers over 40 different hand-made products at affordable prices.  “I am frugal, re-use as much as possible and seldom waste ~ allowing me to keep my prices low without sacrificing quality.”