New Partnership for Escape The Waste: The Vegan Potter

Today, I'd like to announce one of our new partners: The Vegan Potter.

Located in Southeastern Connecticut, Lyndsay Dean (AKA The Vegan Potter) has been combining her passion for pottery, animals, and the planet for over 3 decades. She creates ethical stoneware pottery that is made to last. And with her slogans and designs, her pieces serve as a vessel and a voice for positive change. Lyndsay has quite the resume too, including working for The Jane Goodall Institute in Canada. And Lyndsay doesn't just make pottery, she also teaches classes for all ages at her studio & retail shop, Glaze Handmade in Stonington, CT.

Lyndsay at work in her studio and retail shop, Glaze Handmade, in Stonington, CT

Over the past few years, I became good friends with Lyndsay and her incredibly talented drummer of a husband, Matt. She and I have been vendors at numerous events around New England together and she has become a big supporter of my work with reuse. As I grew to love her unique pottery creations, I asked her if there was any way to make pottery with used materials. I always thought you could somehow melt down broken pieces or something, but that was not the case.

Lyndsay was determined to figure something out for my reuse lifestyle, though, as we both wanted me drinking coffee out of one of her mugs. And she did! She made a special collection of mugs with discarded clay from pieces that she collected over time in a bucket. And the glaze is a mystery color that came to be with all of the excess glaze from her brushes and containers.

With all of our connections and collaborations, it really was time to make this relationship official! 🚚 🤝 ☕ The Vegan Potter logo will be featured on the movie screen side of the box truck and will be seen by the thousands of people that tour the truck this year.

Deek and I with our official mugs for The REUSE! Box Truck; custom designs by me, everything else by The Vegan Potter.

To really make our partnership official, I visited Lyndsay's studio a few weeks ago and helped design a whole new batch of the mugs. And this Friday, I will be stopping by Lyndsay's studio with the box truck for an event to launch the mugs!

Check out the event details and learn more about Lyndsay's work here.

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If you or your organization is interested in partnering with the Escape The Waste team, we've got some spots left. Email me here.