If you love ceramic products then meet Jennifer Fiore and Nina Lalli from MONDAYS, two friends who, few years ago, met by chance in a Monday night ceramics class and immediately shared their love for clay and ended-up launching MONDAYS a line of functional ceramics.

At MONDAYS, you'll find all sorts of ceramic products like tableware and planters and vases handmade in the duo's Brooklyn-based studio.

The best part about the MONDAYS products is that no two products are exactly identical and you might also find a few imperfections here and there that you won't find in the machine-made ceramics. The products are also lead-free and food-safe (unless mentioned in the description).

To know more about MONDAYS, read on our exclusive interview with the duo.

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1. Jennifer and Nina, please introduce yourselves to our readers.

We are two friends who met in a Monday night ceramics class a few years ago. We connected quickly, and started a dialogue about each other’s work that soon turned into a plan to start a business.

2. What is 'MONDAYS'?

MONDAYS is a line of functional ceramics. We collaborate on the brand, feed off of each other creatively, share the materials and budget, but make our own pieces.


Jennifer: A year of classes at Choplet studio in Williamsburg, followed by years of absorbing as much information as possible from the artists around me in our communal studio, Clayspace. We are lucky to be surrounded by amazing artists, and the clay community seems uniquely generous and supportive.

4. What is your primary design style?

Jennifer: Some hybrid of minimalism and wabi-sabi.

Nina: I like strong lines but imperfect shapes, like a confident but quick sketch. Neither of us work on the wheel—everything is made from pinching, carving, and slab construction.



We are called MONDAYS in honor of the Monday night class where we met, but we both spend as much time as possible in the studio. We try to keep Mondays devoted to the studio so we can have some structured time there together.



We both love making plates and platters and pinched and carved bowls. We are conscious of the fact that we are adding more "stuff" to the world, so we try to create timeless pieces that our customers will love and use for a long time.

7. Do you accept commissions for your 'MONDAYS' works?

Yes! We have been very inspired by requests for special orders. We designed and have been producing a line of dishware for the dining room at Blue Hill at Stone Barns for about a year and a half, and also make custom platters for the catering company Great Performances. We are happy to customize work for individual customers and shops, like giving them color, size, and clay body options.

8. Lets have a rapid fire round with each of you:

• Are you a tea or coffee person?
Jennifer: COFFEE.
Nina: DITTO.


• Your favorite genre of music?
Jennifer: changes daily depending on my mood.
Nina: I like to sing along when no one is around. Especially in the studio... There's a lot of Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, and our friends the Chapin Sisters.


• Which of your creations is your absolute favorite? (This could be a hard one to answer)
Jennifer: I love making the folded planters, because even with such rigid rules of construction, there is so much variation, and so much serendipity in the final form.
Nina: I certainly go through phases, but I'm very addicted to the carved bowls I've been making. They're extremely time-consuming and hand-cramping, but meditative too.


• One artist you would love to collaborate with.
Nina: only one? Too hard! Sheila Hicks, Yayoi Kusama, Takuro Kuwata…

Nina: My "uncle," who is a wonderful painter, told me months after I gave him one of the first marbled bowls I ever made, that it was "alive". That was hands-down the best thing to hear.

10. What are your future plans for 'MONDAYS'?

We just moved into our very own studio, bought our own kiln, and are giddily building shelves and nesting. We're excited to be working with some new boutiques and have a couple of potential restaurant collaborations in the works.

11. What advice would you like to give to future clay and pottery artists?

Make the work that makes you excited. Trust your instincts.

Jennifer and Nina, thank you for being with us. It was a wonderful experience learning so many things about you two and MONDAYS. Our best wishes are always with both of you! :)