About the studio
A patient practice, one wheel at a time.
Clay Broussard is a small Texas pottery studio run by Veronica Perez. We make stoneware for the parts of daily life that get repeated: morning coffee, family dinners, branches in a vase by the window.
The story
Veronica took her first wheel class in 2012 in a community studio outside Houston. After six years of weekend practice — and a long stretch teaching high-school art — she opened Clay Broussard in 2018 in a converted garage on County Road 283 in Alvin.
The studio is intentionally small. One wheel, one kiln, one pair of hands. We work in domestic stoneware fired to cone 6. Glazes are mixed in-studio in small buckets, tested in batches on the same clay body, and only approved after a dishwasher cycle and a long soak in vinegar.
We don't slip-cast or use molds. Every piece is centered on the wheel by hand, which means small variations from one to the next. We think that's the point.
How a piece is made
- Wedging. Clay is wedged by hand to remove air pockets.
- Throwing. Centered on the wheel, opened, and pulled to the final form.
- Drying. Slow dry for several days to leather-hard, then trimmed.
- Bisque firing. First firing to cone 04 to set the clay.
- Glazing. Dipped or brushed in our house glazes.
- Glaze firing. Final firing to cone 6 — about 12 hours, then a slow cool.
- Inspection. Hand-checked for rim quality, glaze coverage and foot finish.
What we believe
- · Useful objects are worth making well.
- · Small batches keep the work honest.
- · A real address, real phone number and clear policies matter.
- · Customers deserve straight answers — about lead times, materials, food safety and shipping.
