Welcome!

I’m Jordyn.

Ceramic Artist, Educator & Mother of Two

My story begins on a small-town farm in Central Illinois where I spent my summer days making mud pies and sand paint. My sisters and I would get messy creating whatever our imaginations could come up with.

My love for art began in my early days of school & led me to get a BFA in Art Education where I fell in love with the ceramic process.

While falling in love with ceramics, I was simultaneously falling in love with my husband, Jerod. We married, moved cities, and I was ready to start my career…or so I thought.

Motherhood came by surprise...

and my career came to a halt before it even really got started. My plans were put on pause for the greatest two joys of my life: Aria and Evelyn.

A few years later, I realized I had given up an important part of myself, which left me feeling lost.

I eventually gave myself permission to start again — even if it meant working in a dark, windowless basement storage room with just my pottery wheel.

I was destined to be a mother and artist.

I have found that fully embracing each role has brought me to a sense of wholeness and peace. Motherhood enriches my creativity, as my creativity likewise enriches motherhood.

Fast forward just a handful of years...

and what once lived in the fringe hours of my life has become so much more.

I’ve grown from that dark basement studio to a bright, light-filled space where creativity now has room to breathe. (Oh yeah… and we opened a thriving community pottery studio, The Vessel.)

What began as a way to reconnect with myself has become not only my full-time work, but also a way of life — a rhythm of discovery, expression, and everyday beauty that continues to shape who I am as an artist, mother, and human being.