About
My connection with clay has been fed almost every day with inspiration and the desire to learn something new, so I’m gladly using it to create my own individual style.
About Nonna Hall
Originally from Russia, I moved to the United States in 2002 and settled down in Brooklyn for a while, making my work in a couple of studios. My husband and I decided to move upstate to the magnificent Catskills area, where I worked out of my own private studio.
In 2019, I opened up Nonneta and Friends Creative, where I teach classes, run workshops, private events and create my own work.
I started working with ceramics to project my fantasy pieces into reality. The process of making something out of nothing is truly magnificent, and to see how something unique that I have made makes someone else happy is a priceless gift.
Everything you see on this site is designed and hand made by me - some thrown on a pottery wheel, some hand built, some a bit of both. This also means that every piece is one of a kind.
About the Work
Most of my work is inspired by an ancient Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian style (which is especially visible in my teapots and bottles) as well as my childhood growing up in Russia. In other pieces, you can see that the inspiration is just my own imagination. My work is both decorative and functional, fitting into almost any kind of style and design.
Above all else, however, I love to think that my work illuminates somebody’s life. To me, this is the most important reason for creating something new.