Ariel Zimman is a ceramic artist who fell in love with clay at her very first pottery lesson in the 3rd grade. Since then, she has earned her BFA from the School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University in 2009. Followed by moving to Portland, Oregon where she worked as a studio production ceramicist while starting her own ceramics-based home decor business in 2013.

In 2015, Ariel started her second business, Stonedware Company, which specialized in handcrafted porcelain smoking wares and distributed wholesale and retail designs internationally. Ariel’s work has been featured in Rolling Stone, Dwell, Playboy, Vice Media, Vogue, Forbes, and more.

After closing Stonedware in 2024 Ariel continues to seek new ways to work with clay, incorporating ceramic techniques of wheel thrown pottery, handbuilding, slip casting, glaze and form exploration into her creations, bringing to life a mixture of utilitarian wares, table top sculptures and large scale site specific installations. Ariel is based in Port Angeles, Washington.