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The many reasons that I love figs:

I love figs so much, that I named my business after the tree. Ficus Carica is the edible species of common fig, thus Ficus Ceramica... I love them so much that a big botanical illustration of a fig branch is my only tattoo. I have a mental map of every fig tree in every neighborhood I've ever lived in. Why do I love them so much? Where do I start!? First, I just love picking them... In New Orleans, figs are ripening on the trees at the end of June, into the beginning of J

inspiration

Jun 30

Rubber Molds: croissant butter dish update

What an opportunity to learn new things, these croissant butter dishes have been! In other words, what a frustrating saga full of dead ends and expensive new materials... I have had an incredible amount of demand from instagram reels gone viral, and I've been working on developing ways to increase production to meet this new demand. With slipcasting, plaster molds are only good for a limited number of uses, before the details wear away. Additionally, I can only use the mol

May 18

Pickles are a crowd pleaser 🥒

This spring, I found some really gnarly cucumbers at the Asian grocery, and realized that a pickle is such a good food for my art! What...

Oct 9, 2025

New molds in production

I've been busy in the studio the last week or so, making new molds. Some of my existing molds have been used for years now and the details wear away after time, but a few of my most used - crab claws, oysters, and asparagus - have had some accidental abuse in the studio, and need to be replaced asap. I still have a few molds yet to make (crab claws and asparagus!), but I've been diving deep into the details of some gnarly oysters and reveling in the textures of the Cajun cul

May 27, 2025