i have 2 lines of ceramic wares on the market. this has been somewhat confusing to many people. one line is handmade by me, the other is manufactured. here is how it all came to be. i began selling my wares 13 years ago, making every single item by hand. this meant no molds, no castings, no interns, no employees, no accountants, no help. just ME. making, glazing, firing, packing, shipping, promoting, accounting, etc . . . soon i was selling to 100 stores and working day and night, 7 days a week. i couldn’t keep up. there was a dreaded never ending to-do list at all times.
serendipitously in 2003,
magenta came into my life (with the help of
whitney smith and the factory owner finding me at the
palo alto clay + glass festival). this changed and saved my life completely . . . . and so was born
RAE DUNN BY MAGENTA. this is a line that i design and make prototypes for. magenta then has it manufactured in china, markets, promotes, and sells it all across the globe. i barely have to lift a finger compared to what i
WAS doing.
this has allowed me the time to focus on just a small exclusive line of handmade wares that i sell
here and to a select group of stores.
here are some of my manufactured items:
