Hi! My name is Billie Wilder.

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, NY., it’s in this valley that I now throw pots, grow blooms, and obsess over dahlia. Ohhh, the dahlia.

Both my ceramic work and floral design are inspired by science, storytelling, humor, astrology, the human condition and a slew of talented and generous potters and farmer/florists who came before me.

I am influenced by the energetic weather of the Universe, my years spent laboring as a stoneworker/landscaper/gardener, the spells cast by music, organic form and function, my decades-long studies of both photography and dance, and the textures found in my travels near and far, internal and external.

I create every ceramic piece by hand, either by throwing at the wheel or by building with slabs or coils. I then fire the work in an electric kiln and tend to my bee colony while praying to the moon that nothing explodes. (I’m just kidding- I don’t actually think the moon is in control of my kiln. That would be ridiculous. Mars and Mercury are.)