These Pastel-Colored Ceramics Are Actually Worth the Hype

Lindsey Hampton’s pastel-colored ceramics are a real heartthrob (because who can say no to a good mug?). Amassing more than 30 thousand followers on Instagram and named by The New York Times as one of the people who are redefining the art of ceramics, it’s surprising that Hampton sort of stumbled into her profession.

Trained originally as a graphic designer, she fell in love with ceramics after receiving a Claytek pottery studio ceramics class as a Christmas gift from her parents. “It was a very organic accident, ending up here,” she said in an interview with MONTECRISTO Magazine. But sometimes parents know best.

“I just think that it’s really, really easy for people’s work to be seen now,” she added. “You can take one class and make three things and put them on the Internet, and thousands of people can see them and like them.”

Talking about her choice of color, Hampton explained: “I think the pastels were kind of my compromise, my own internal compromise—just using pastels and light colors was how I was able to be okay with so much color. I appreciate color, but I’m making things for someone else, sort of: someone who’s much bolder than me and loves having color in their home. Sometimes I make things that have a lot of color and I think, ‘Who would like this? Who is this for?’”

“I like the hard angles and sharp lines,” she added. “That’s another thing I don’t even think about—that’s just how I make things. It’s a tricky medium in which to be precise; it doesn’t want to be precise all the time, so it’s challenging.”

Take a look at some of her colorful designs.

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pre-reno studio visit with @nativeshoes

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ad hoc mugs 📷 : @jennileem

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new and living at @vanspecial

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