A handmade ceramic plate made by the artists at Blue Hen Pottery.

This square plate is 6 inches by 6.5 inches, and 3/4 inches thick.

Dishwasher and microwave safe but hand washing is always your safest option.

Blue Hen Pottery is the partnership of Adam Landman and Anne Pärtna.

Anne Pärtna is a graduate of East Carolina University (2007) and holds an MFA degree with concentration in Ceramics. She received her BFA degree from Estonian Academy of Art(2000), in her native Estonia where her family still resides on a farm on the Gulf of Finland. She threw her first pot on the hub of an overturned tricycle when she was nine years old while her younger brother spun the wheel. Anne prefers the volatile atmosphere of wood firing, using salt and simple glazes to bring the surfaces of her wide range of forms to life. Delicate line-drawings on cups, plates and covered jars and hand-built sculptural vessels are touched many times in multiple steps of forming, shaping, finishing, drawing and slip painting.

Adam Landman is the STARworks Project Manager. Adam is a native of the state of Alabama. He earned a degree in Art from East Carolina University. Adam is an artist, a problem solver, and a former United States Marine. Before joining STARworks, Adam gained experience as a sous chef, a shoe salesman, and a manager at Kinkos. Adam and his wife, Anne Pärtna are the makers behind Blue Hen Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina.