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The East Fork Workshop is our return to first principles. A small studio within a modern factory, it preserves innovation and exploration.

Our potters experiment with hand-thrown forms, surface decoration and materials—rooted in tradition, open to reinvention, with one hand stretched to the past, and the other outstretched to the future.

New to Workshop

A hand painted collection from Alex Matisse

“Reverdir is an old French word meaning to turn green again. It is a welcoming back of something dormant—something that went to sleep but never died—returning full of life and energy and newness. This small capsule collection marks a very personal return to something that was lost to me for many years, as my energy was focused on a different kind of growth.”

- Alex Matisse, Founding Potter & CEO

Shop the Collection

A medium oval ceramic platter in a warm, tan-toned, off-white color featuring iron speckles and an unglazed rim, with handpainted greenery in an olive green color.
An overhead view of a large ceramic plate with a curved bowl edge in a warm, tan-toned, off-white color featuring iron speckles and an unglazed rim, with handpainted greenery in an olive green color.
An overhead view of a large shallow serving ceramic bowl in a warm, tan-toned, off-white color featuring iron speckles and an unglazed rim, with handpainted greenery in an olive green color inside the bowl.
A large ceramic platter in a warm, tan-toned, off-white color featuring iron speckles and an unglazed rim, with handpainted greenery in an olive green color.
A large oval ceramic platter in a warm, tan-toned, off-white color featuring iron speckles and an unglazed rim, with handpainted greenery in an olive green color.

Reverdir

A collection of hand painted dinnerware, inspired by Alex’s earliest days as an apprentice. Reverdir is a return to his early love of decoration, pattern, and the illusive nature of the brush and painted pigment.

Our Workshop Potters

Our potters each bring a unique perspective to their work but share a love and mastery of the hand-thrown pot. The East Fork Workshop is led by East Fork co-founder and former CFO John Vigeland, alongside our longtime friend and collaborator Mike Ball, with occasional appearances by our founder and CEO, Alex.

John Vigeland
Mike Ball
Alex Matisse

History of Workshop

East Fork began with one potter, then a few more, throwing pots for a wood-fired kiln way out in a gloomy Western North Carolina holler. Since then, we’ve traded the farm workshop for humming factories in Asheville, NC, where humans and restored machinery together produce about 1 million pieces of pottery each year. Though our process has changed, we’ve never lost our appreciation for wheel-thrown forms and more traditional practices.

In 2019, our first apprentice, Cade Holloman, pulled an old wheel out of storage, plugged it in and started throwing a collection of limited-edition pieces. That’s when what’s now known as East Fork Workshop began.

Today, the Workshop continues to be an important connection to our original taproot. It’s a way of keeping our hands in clay and having a little fun while we’re at it.

Workshop Archive

2025

Third Wave Mug in Panna Cotta
Third Wave Mug in Blue Ridge
Third Wave Mug in Gumdrop
Third Wave Mug in Heron
Third Wave Mug in Guava
Third Wave Mug in Malachite
Third Wave Mug in Sepia
Third Wave Mug in Quartz
The Pitcher in Black Mountain
The Pitcher in Panna Cotta

2024

Third Wave Mug in Gumpdrop
Third Wave Mug` in Heron
Third Wave Mug in Guava
Third Wave Mug in Malachite
Third Wave Mug in Sepia
Third Wave Mug in Quartz
Incense Holder in Daylily
Stein Mug in Morel
Utensil Holder in Cosmos
Batter Bowl in Lamb’s Ear

2023

Farm Bowl in Ash Glaze
Orb Vase in Amaro
Third Wave Mug in Panna Cotta
Diner Mug in Herni’s Red

2022

Utensil Holder in Black Mountain
Utensil Holder in Blue Ridge
Spoon Rest in Black Mountain
Spoon Rest in Blue Ridge

2021

Sunday Morning Mug in Rococo
Sunday Morning Mug in Black Mountain
Sunday Morning Mug in Panna Cotta
Third Wave Mug in Harvest Moon
Small Shapes Vase in Taro
Third Wave Mug in Taro
Third Wave Mug in Spyder
Large Ramekin in Pinto
Large Shapes Vase in Shino
Large Shapes Vase in Spyder
Small Shapes Vase in Amaro
Little Pitcher in Mars and Harvest Moon

2020

Two-Handed Mug in Panna Cotta
Bowl in Shino
Cocktail Cup in Shino
Utensil Crock in Panna Cotta
Utensil Crock in Amaro
Egg Vase in Lapis
Toddler Cup in Taro
Toddler Cup in Shino
Egg Vase in Soapstone
Sunday Morning Mug in Prune
Sunday Morning Mug in Eggshell
Tea Set in Night Swim
Tea Set in Eggshell

2019

Big Mug in Prune
Utensil Crock in Eggshell
Small Shapes Vases in Night Swim
Little Creamer in Mars & Night Swim
Third Wave Mug in Night Swim
Sunday Morning Mug in Pollen
Sunday Morning Mug in Eggshell
Mini Mugs in Eggshell, Pollen, Soapstone, Mars
Stacking Cups in Eggshell
Small Equality Mug in Pollen

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