About Mud Culture

Mud Culture Studio is a ceramic studio built in 2021 by Ella Valge-Saar. Located in the territories of the Sinixt, Secwepemc, Syilx, Ktunaxa and many other people, also known as Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.  The studio is located near the confluence of the Illecillewaet and Columbia rivers, between the Selkirk and Monashee mountain ranges. 

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Ella creates functional objects that assist in food and drink consumption, sharing, growing, and preserving.  She sources as many materials as possible from the Columbia river watershed and nearby valleys. This locally focused approach to collecting rocks, silts and plants allows Ella to develop truly unique glazes and surfaces that are specific to the local geography. Mud Culture's goal as a business in a small city is to make products that keep the community strongly connected to the environment they  live within and the food produced and  consumed.