Wild Rose Polish Pottery Ceramika Artystyczna Polish Stoneware Your Midwest source of traditional Polish Pottery and Ekelund Swedish Tablecloths!

Welcome to Wild Rose Pottery Located in the Heartland, Des Moines, Iowa USA Traditional and Unikat Polish Pottery and Ekelund Swedish tablecloths and Swedish Dala Horses! Our web site is currently under construction and IS NOT up to date! We are making some changes and the pieces pictured are no longer in stock. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will stop back again within a few weeks! Serving the internet and our local collectors for 10 Years! This beautiful Polish stoneware is individually handcrafted by Ceramika Artystyczna in Boleslawiec, Poland. Polish pottery has developed a loyal following today because of its appealing combination of function and beauty. We offer only Best of First Quality Polish stoneware Ceramika Artystyczna has hand-selected for shipment through their authorized US representatives. Your Assurance: We offer only original, authentic Ceramika Artystyczna Polish pottery! Ceramika Artystyczna's extraordinary designs and glazing can't be duplicated! We will ship anywhere in the U.S.; insured priority USPS. Orders are generally shipped within 2-4 business days after payment is received or earlier. We prefer payment through Paypal. We also accept personal checks and Visa/MC.   HOW TO ORDER AND PAY: Please email us first for availability. We will immediately contact you to confirm availability, your order total and find out how you wish to pay. Paypal is preferred, but phoning with your credit card number or mailing a personal check is fine also. (See below for return policy.) Please email us if you wish to be added to the email notification list to receive an email when a new shipment of Polish pottery is posted! 06/19/10 WILD ROSE NEWS! OUR WEB SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION! We are still here after taking a leave of absence for quite a while. We are making some changes to the site and apologize for any inconvenience. Please stop back again soon! Signature Patterns! Among our favorite pieces: Unikat canisters! Beautiful new Traditional pieces also! Don't forget to check out our selection of Ekelund Swedish Christmas towels and runners! We appreciate your business! We look forward to offering you the best in Polish pottery from Ceramika Artystyczna! We also carry the newest Ekelund Swedish tablecloths and a large selection of Swedish Dala horses from the Nils Olsson and Grannas Olsson workshops in Nusnas, Sweden. Click here to see Swedish tablecloths and towels and Dala Horses Thank you for visiting our web site! Home | Bakers | Bowls Mugs Cups and Teapots | Platters and Plates | Signature | Signature 2 | Signature 3 | Signature 4 Signature 5 | Signature Placesettings | Signature Placesettings 2 | Signature Placesettings 3 Signature Placesettings 4 | Signature Placesettings 5 Specialty Pieces | Ekelund Swedish Tablecloths Swedish Dala Horses Place Order/email Shipping/Insurance Charges to one address Reduced charges through Dec.20th! Priority Mail 3-Day service to most areas Less than $25 ...$7 Single mug or similar small piece ...$7 $25 - $50 ...$8-9 $51 - $100 ...$12 $101 - $150 ...$14 $151 - $200 ...$16 $201 and above ...$18 Insurance and delivery confirmation included. We prefer U.S. priority mail because we have found the pottery is usually handled more carefully! Sometimes we will use UPS for larger boxes. We have a reputation for great packing and safe shipping! We are obsessed with making sure your pottery arrives safely. We use a lot of care in our wrapping and packing and have very minimal breakage. RETURNS: Accepted within 10 days for exchange or refund of purchase price less shipping charges. Must be unused and sent back insured. It's all about shape and color! Extraordinary Design & Durability Unique to traditional Polish stoneware patterns are "eyespot" designs inspired by the peacock feather.  These blue and green eyespots and variations are classically arranged on the pieces and are distinctive to the Silesian region of Europe.  Beautiful new designs also are created each year by the ceramic artists! Excellent craftmanship is the hallmark of Polish stoneware. Each piece is an individual creation- no two pieces are exactly alike. A uniform color palette in the various patterns allows the collector to easily mix and match Polish pottery patterns. Created from native white clay and fired in coal and gas ovens at temperatures in excess of 1350 degrees centigrade with a lead-free glaze, Polish stoneware is safe for use in the dishwasher, microwave and oven! It is non-toxic and impervious to abrasives. As an extremely durable stoneware, it will not crack or chip easily and is a wonderful combination of beauty and function. It is distinguished by its clean lines and captivating hand-stamped designs in cobalt blue, peacock blue, forest green and earth tones. Newer decorations are now also available in a wide color palette. Letter to Customers "...The unique (Unikat) patterns are designs which are produced in minimal quantities- just a few or a few dozen sets. The shape of each stamp is unique so when it is worn we search out another one with a very similar shape and size. The unique patterns are expression of continuous searching for the best integration of form and decoration. Therefore the extremely important element is selection of stamp or sponge, which emphasize the shape of the product. Stamps and unique patterns created by designers cannot be usually copied - they are too sophisticated in their intricate patterns and weaves, but when they make stamp simplification, some of the decorations are then implemented into (regular line) production. Currently in Ceramika Artystyczna there are produced a few hundred new original patterns, and not big amount of dishes, which refer to the former achievements of the Lower Silesia's ceramics from the turn of the 19th-20th century. Therefore rich traditions of Boleslawiec potters find here continuators that add, with their creation, another sheet to the history of Boleslawiec pottery." - from Ceramika Artystyczna's Letter to Customers Traditional Polish pottery design The new and the old: New decorations evolve yet the collection remains cohesive Makes doing dishes fun again! These are older traditional patterns. (Even make an orange counter top look pretty good!) Polish pottery is dishwasher-safe microwave-safe and oven-safe! History Polish stoneware, formerly called Bunzlauer stoneware, originated as a folk art in the early 1800's.  It was crafted in Bunzlau in the German province of Silesia, now part of Poland.   With early decorations inspired by the peacock feather, farmers in the region created the first pieces of this durable and distinctive tableware. During World War II, many of the potteries were destroyed, but after the war, the factories were rebuilt and the region continues its tradition as a major pottery center of Europe. Today in the small village of Boleslawiec (pronounced Bowl-es-WAH-veetz), Poland, skilled ceramic artists individually handcraft and handpaint each piece using sponge stamping techniques and free-hand design with the same pride and care used over a century ago, preserving the charm of this old Central European folk art.  Antique Bunzlauer stoneware can be seen in museums, antique shops and private collections throughout Europe. Authenticity Our goal is to offer only the finest quality Polish stoneware from Boleslawiec. We offer only FIRST- QUALITY pieces and beautiful designs from Ceramika Artystyczna! (White stickers on the bottom of the pieces denote first quality.) While all the ceramic factories in Boleslawiec produce beautiful and unique pieces, the ceramic artists employed by Ceramika Artystyczna (translated: Artistic Ceramics) produce exquisite designs and extraordinarily high quality pottery. Ceramika Artystyczna continues this unique folk art under the direction of Artistic Director and Designer Mr. Bronislaw Wolanin, and Form Designer Mr. Mariusz Ochocki, both graduates of the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts where the decorations for the first products were created. Ceramika Artystyczna has won numerous awards for artistic design and quality. There is a difference in Polish stoneware: this particular pottery is made of whiter, denser clay and incorporates more intricate designs and shapes. The quality of Ceramika Artystyczna's glazing is unsurpassed. All pieces have the artist's initials or are signed by the artists. The coffee pot with castle mark on the bottom of each piece (or the former mark of castle with "B" on top) represents pottery from Ceramika Artystyczna. Interestingly, 70% of Ceramika Artystyczna's workers are women, including the president. The factory is a cooperative - all the profits are shared by the employees. I am proud to be able to offer only the highest quality Polish pottery, produced by Ceramika Artystyczna. Wild Rose Pottery is dedicated to offering a variety of styles and patterns that reflect the extraordinary beauty of Boleslawiec's finest pottery!

2010 Schedule Downtown Des Moines Farmer's Market Saturday May 22 Saturday June 5 Saturday July 10 Saturday July 24 Saturday August 14 Saturday August 28 Saturday Sept 11 The Downtown Farmer's Market is held from 7 am - noon in the historic Court Avenue District of Des Moines, 4th and Court. Our Farmers Market is considered to be one of the top outdoor markets in the U.S. Many vendors and wide variety of food, music, fresh produce, flowers, plants, hand-crafted items, high-end arts and crafts, jewelry, boutique clothing and more! Ceramika Artystyczna's Signature (Unikat) Collection. Polish pottery is oven-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwave safe! 2008 New Swedish Towels! Beautiful new designs from Ekelund! Click here to see new Ekelund Swedish towels! Swedish Dala Horses! Traditional horses from the Nils Olsson and Grannas Olsson workshops in Nusnas, Sweden. Click here to see new Ekelund Swedish tablecloths and Dala Horses! About Wild Rose Pottery I started my little company in May, 1999 (my web site officially debuted in January 2000) because I had fallen in love with Polish pottery and at that time it was practically impossible to find in the U.S.! I wanted to share my excitement and passion for the individuality, strength of form and function of this incredible pottery. An addition to our web site, Wild Rose Collections, features Ekelund Swedish tablecloths, Swedish Dala horses and perhaps other unique offerings in the future. In a world where mediocrity in product quality is often the norm, we are proud to offer exceptional products. Thank you for allowing us to share them with you! I also appreciate your telling a friend about our web site and am happy to ship anywhere in the U.S. We may not be the biggest or the newest (in fact we are among the oldest internet retailers offering Ceramika Artystyczna stoneware,) nor do we have the fanciest website (we built our web site by hand and still use old-style html coding!) but we've always been dedicated to personal service and offering a great variety of always 1st Quality pieces from the gifted artists at Ceramika Artystyczna. -Kathy Bailey, Wild Rose Pottery "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso Click here to see our new selection of Swedish tablecloths and towels woven by Ekelund! The 26th Iowa General Assembly designated the Wild Rose as the official state flower in 1897. It was chosen for the honor because it was one of the decorations used on the silver service which the state presented to the battleship USS Iowa that same year. Wild Roses are found throughout the state and bloom from June through September in rural areas - along sunny country roads and bordering fencelines. Click here to visit www.primefocus-iowa.com, my husband Tom's web site! Includes Iowa wildflowers, native American artifacts found in Iowa, astronomy, aurora borealis, meteorites etc!