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Art with Heart 

Joy Lab began in 2015 when Wendee Gardner was creating colorful refurbished furniture

out of her backyard studio and dreaming

of other ways to transform everyday

household objects into works of art.

Vibrant colorful handmade rainbow soap dispenser, spoon rest, and covered ceramic jar. All handmade. All lovely.

Since then...

Joy Lab has grown into a creative studio that produces functional handmade ceramic wares with a vibrant flare. Today, Wendee – who is a Stockbridge-Munsee woman, scientist, and artist - is the Creative Director.

Image of Wendee Gardner Joy Lab Ceramic's founder and creative director.
Beautiful handmade ceramic planter with rainbow pattern and bold brown clay body.

At our core, Joy Lab is perpetually experimenting and evolving. However, we stay deeply rooted in our values: joyful self-expression, reciprocity, and the belief that the items we surround ourselves with have the power to spark creativity, support wellbeing, and inspire colorful living.

Joy Lab Ceramics is based in Madison, WI on ancestral Ho-Chunk land.

Diversity is our strength, and at Joy Lab we find beauty in the kaleidoscope of colors, patterns, and people that surround and sustain us.  

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