Artisan

That a person shaped or finished the piece by hand rather than a process doing all of it. In practice that means hand-painted, hand-blown, carved, thrown or hand-glazed work, so each piece carries small differences from the next.

Close, but not identical, and that is inherent to hand work. Expect variation in brushwork, glaze, grain or bubble pattern. If a piece has to match another one exactly, hand-finished is the wrong category to buy from.

For the partner program, yes. Ergovanta works with a small roster of artists and makers each year, and their work is credited on its own pages. See the Partners page for the current roster.

For accent pieces, yes; for anything needing a uniform look across many rooms, no. Hand-finished stock varies by definition, and quantity is limited by how fast a person can make it. For volume orders, ask us and we will tell you honestly which pieces can actually be repeated.