For fourteen years, as Fire Creek Clay LLC, I have been sculpting wild places I love into clay. Over the years, I’ve created hundreds of individual designs-each one a reflection of where I was as an artist at that moment. Some were experiments. Some became beloved favorites. Every one of them was a steppingstone that brought me to where I am today. There is something humbling about looking back at that body of work. It carries all of the early questions, the breakthroughs, the uncertainty, and the slow unfolding of an artistic voice that didn’t yet know exactly what it was becoming.
Recently, I found myself asking a question that felt both exciting and a little intimidating: What if I built something more intentional?
Not because I was unhappy with where I had begun, but because I could finally see where I wanted to go. After years of drawing wildlife, wandering mountain trails, observing landscapes, and refining my sculpting techniques, I realized that I wanted to create something more connected. Rather than designing individual tiles one at a time, I wanted to create collections-pieces that speak to one another, can be collected over time, and make it easier to bring a small piece of the natural world into your home.
I wanted to challenge myself as an artist.
To carve more intricate details. To slow down even further in the making. To tell richer, more layered stories in clay. I wanted to create work that captures the quiet magic of the places that inspire me-the feeling of kneeling in a mountain meadow and discovering an entire world hidden within a handful of flowers. That feeling of stillness. Of noticing the smallest things. Of realizing how much life exists in places we often walk past too quickly.
This collection is rooted in Wyoming’s wild meadows, where Paintbrush, Lupine and Balsamroot turn the landscape into color and movement during the brief height of summer. These are the kinds of places that feel both fragile and enduring at the same time-constantly changing, yet deeply familiar year after year.
The Meadow Bloom Collection is the beginning of this new chapter. It represents not only the wild landscapes that have always inspired my work, but also fourteen years of growth, practice, mistakes, discoveries, and learning to trust my own artistic voice. Every carved line, every flower, every bee, every detail is shaped by time spent outside paying attention-watching light shift across the land, noticing which plants thrive together, and sketching the details most people never pause long enough to see.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared a few glimpses of the upcoming accent tiles and the 8×12 centerpiece that anchors the collection. Each piece is part of a larger story, designed to work together while still holding its own quiet presence. I can’t wait to share the rest with you as Meadow Bloom continues to unfold. My hope is that these pieces do more than live on a wall. I hope they remind you to slow down. To notice the places around you. To remember a trail, a meadow, or a moment in nature that stayed with you long after you left it.
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Fire Creek Clay’s Meadow Bloom Collection is only the beginning. In the coming months, I’ll be sharing new carvings, the stories behind each design, and the moments in nature that inspire them. I hope you’ll follow along as this next chapter unfolds. As these new chapters unfold, older designs will be retired and no longer available. Fire Creek will be new, bolder and building the pieces you need to bring your favorite memories from nature into your home.
Thank you for being here-for following along, encouraging my work, and allowing me to create what I love. I’m excited to invite you into this next chapter and can’t wait to show you what’s still to come.
With gratitude,
Dana