This pet portrait custom made pottery ornament makes the perfect gift or memento.

Like the other smiley animals I create you can commission me to make a special bespoke pet portrait. Why not immortalise your own four legged, flappy finned or beaky bird friend. You can have me shape the perfectly unique gift for friends and family.

Each piece is one of a kind designed to capture the essence of your pet with a hand-painted cheeky design. Send me photos of the pet using the message option. I can even add the name on the reverse of the piece.

The animal's shape is hand modelled, cut out from a slice of white earthenware clay, mounted on its own ceramic and wire stand, dried, fired in a potter's kiln, then dipped in glaze and painted with professional ceramic colours to fix the design in the final firing.

Each is about 8-10cm tall dependent on the type of animal.

A swooping ceramic swallow, the perfect centrepiece for your home

Each is one of a kind with a fresh hand-painted design inspired by the birds that surfing the pottery in summer. . Each one is cut out from a slice of white earthenware clay Hand models and then, a wire hook added to ease hanging , then carefully dried, fired in a potter’s kiln, then dipped in glaze and hand painted with professional ceramic colours to fix the design in the final firing.

Each swallow measures about 20cm beak to tail feathers.

These pieces are designed for interior display and would not be frost proof.