FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Common questions about the studio, the work, and how to commission or buy a piece. If you don't see your question here, send a note through the contact form. I respond to every inquiry personally.

  • Anna Shipulina is a Los Angeles ceramic artist creating one-of-a-kind sculptural ceramic vases, vessels, and wall installations. Her work is shown in galleries across Los Angeles, specified by interior designers for residential and hospitality projects, and held in private collections across the United States.

  • The studio is in Los Angeles, California. Every piece is made by Anna personally — there is no team, no production line, no fabrication outsourced.

  • Sculptural ceramic vessels, vases, floor pieces, and wall installations. The work sits at the intersection of sculpture and object — designed to live in interiors as fine art rather than functional pottery. Forms tend toward the fluid, organic, and quietly contemporary, with surfaces in natural clay tones.

  • Each piece is hand-built using traditional coiling techniques — no molds, no wheel. Long coils of clay are joined and shaped slowly into the final form, then dried, fired, and finished over a span of weeks. The result is one-of-a-kind work that holds the texture and movement of the artist's hand.

  • Most pieces are kept in their natural clay tones — warm, muted, and earthy — left raw on the outside to preserve the quality of the clay itself. Where a vessel is meant to hold water, the inside is finished to be watertight. A range of finishes is available — natural, matte, textured, and high-gloss — chosen to suit the piece and the space.

About the work

Buying available work

  • Available pieces can be browsed and purchased directly on this website at All Available Work. The studio also places work through galleries including Graye Los Angeles, Thus Huma, and Trove Object Gallery.

  • Yes. Every piece is built individually by hand from raw clay, so no two are identical — even within a coordinated series. Each work develops its own character through the slow process of building, drying, and firing.

  • Pricing varies by scale and complexity, from smaller tabletop vessels to large-scale floor pieces and wall installations. Specific prices are listed on each product page. Custom commissions and coordinated multi-piece works are priced individually — please inquire for a quote.

  • Yes — the studio ships ceramics worldwide using reusable, eco-friendly packaging. Local pickup is available in the Los Angeles area. Shipping for larger and more delicate works is quoted individually to ensure safe delivery. See Shipping & Returns for details.

Working with interior designers

  • Yes. Trade pricing is available for interior designers, architects, and design firms working on residential and hospitality projects. Details on pricing, lead times, and how the studio works with design teams are on the For Interior Designers page.

  • Yes. Coordinated multi-piece commissions are developed as a family of related works — sharing vocabulary, palette, and scale — with each piece individually built by hand. Common for paired entries, dining room groupings, repeated forms across guest suites, and gallery walls.

  • Yes. Site-specific commissions and coordinated installations are developed in dialogue with the design team, responsive to the room's scale, light, and material language. The studio has worked with firms including Studio McGee, Marie Flanigan Interiors, NICOLEHOLLIS, Workshop/APD, CHANGO, and others. Inquiries from new firms are always welcome.

Working with hospitality clients

  • Yes. The studio creates sculptural ceramic vessels, floor pieces, and wall installations for hotels, restaurants, bars, spas, and members' clubs across the United States. The dedicated For Hospitality page has more on the kinds of projects the studio takes on, including coordinated series for multi-room placements.

  • Yes. Pieces meant to hold water are glazed on the inside to be watertight, while the outside is kept in its natural clay tone or chosen finish.

  • Work ranges from tabletop sculptural vessels for guest suites and host stands, to large-scale floor pieces for lobbies and lounges, to multi-piece wall installations scaled to the architecture. Larger pieces and full installations are typically scoped over a several-month horizon — the conversation should start early in the project timeline.

Commissioning a custom piece

  • Send a note through the Commissions page describing your vision — size, setting, references, and timeline. Anna reviews each inquiry personally and responds with availability, pricing, and next steps. Commissions are open to private collectors, individuals, and design clients working directly with the studio.

  • Most commissions take 4–12 weeks, depending on size, complexity, and current studio workload. Larger pieces and multi-piece installations may take several months. If you have a deadline — a hospitality opening, an installation date, a gift — share it early in your inquiry so the timeline can be scoped around it.

  • Yes. Anna often creates new work in dialogue with the language of an earlier piece — same vocabulary, palette, and scale, but each commission is individually one of a kind. This is a common path for collectors who connected with a piece that has already sold.

  • Helpful details include: the size and proportions you have in mind, the room or setting where the piece will live, any reference imagery (your space, other works of Anna's that resonate, or visual cues from elsewhere), your timeline, and your budget range. The more context, the more grounded the response can be.

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