About Zen Pots

Hi I'm Nicholas Nick Nico Cedarleaf I own and run the Zen Pots Studio in Asheville NC. The studio's focus is on learning the Zen Taoist traditions while producing pottery. As a part of our meditative pottery practice at the Zen Pots studio we create zen-inspired items for your home, kitchen, garden and more.

Cedarleaf Ceramics is my own personal pottery line where I focus on Japanese Zen and nature inspired forms combined with well balanced handcrafted glazes.

All Zen Pots are produced in Asheville NC the gateway to Blue Ridge Mountains. For that reason, my pottery is inspired by the Western North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. Mountains, rivers, forest, lush plants and fall leaves. However, I also lived in other seaside and mountain locations including Arcata CA, Monterey CA, San Diego CA, Seattle WA, Mt Rainier, Glacier MT, Tetons WY, North Rim Grand Canyon AZ

My core inspirations are zen gardens, mountains scenery, piney woods, ocean seasides, rivers, farm to table cooking, backyard gardening, nature scenes, backroads and country cabins.

I create zen-inspired pottery for the kitchen, home, & garden : mugs, dish sets, tea & coffee sets, placings, kitchen utensils, homewares, gardening pots, planters.

25 year experience pottery trained under multiple master potters Wheel thrown bowls plates mugs Place settings Coffee and tea sets Custom orders housewares Cone 6 glazes