Website: https://heavyweightceramics.com/
Heavyweight Ceramics is a ceramic art and pottery studio based in Nashville, Tennessee. The studio is the work of Lindsay Bost, a ceramic artist, and the site states that heavyweight ceramics is lindsay bost, a ceramic artist based in nashville, tennessee. The studio produces functional and decorative pieces made by hand rather than mass produced, describing each item as a hand built, one of a kind item, created with stoneware built for durability and everyday use. The result is a small-batch line of stoneware tableware and home objects intended to be used in daily life rather than kept only for display.
Products
The studio’s catalog features handmade stoneware pieces spanning both functional tableware and decorative objects. Listed items have included small and large olive oil bottles in finishes such as turquoise, blue, and black and white; a charm cup in bright green; a ravioli spoon rest and a second-quality version of it; an egg dish that doubles as a spoon rest; a wall banana; a used-style ashtray in dark blue; and a bowtie pasta ornament. Prices on listed pieces have ranged from roughly 10 dollars for small ornaments and seconds up to about 46 dollars for the larger olive oil bottles. Because the work is hand built in limited quantities, individual pieces frequently sell out, and the studio invites visitors to subscribe to be notified when new products are added for sale.
About
Heavyweight Ceramics centers on the practice of a single ceramic artist, Lindsay Bost, working in Nashville. The studio’s approach emphasizes hand-building each piece individually from stoneware, a durable clay body chosen so that the finished work can stand up to everyday use. Rather than producing identical items at scale, the studio frames every piece as one of a kind, which means the available selection changes as new work is made and older pieces sell out. The studio also welcomes custom and wholesale inquiries, directing interested buyers to reach out through its contact page for special requests.
Location & Contact
The studio is based in Nashville, Tennessee. It can be reached by email at [email protected], and it shares new work and updates on Instagram at @heavyweight.ceramics. Custom and wholesale requests are handled through the contact page on the website.
Additional Information
The online shop is built on Shopify and accepts a range of payment methods, including major credit cards, digital wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay, and PayPal. The site offers a newsletter subscription so customers can receive periodic updates about in-person events and shop availability, which is useful given the limited-production nature of the studio. Because inventory is small and frequently sells out, the newsletter and Instagram serve as the main ways for buyers to learn when new pieces become available.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (heavyweightceramics.com).