Illustration promoting the Fair Winds Poetry event with a lighthouse, ocean waves, a large swirling wave, a cruise ship, and a stylized sun in the sky.
Collection of handcrafted ceramic mugs, bowls, and small dishes displayed on white shelves inside a brick display case.
Person shaping a ceramic piece on a pottery wheel in a workshop.

Welcome to Fair Winds Pottery!

We’re Barb and Mack Munro, the hands and hearts behind Fair Winds Pottery, tucked away in Vanleer, Tennessee, about an hour west of Nashville. This isn’t mass-produced, off-the-shelf pottery. This is where ideas turn into clay, and clay turns into something that feels like it was made just for you, because it was.

We specialize in custom work. Bowls, platters, mugs, ashtrays, and one-of-a-kind pieces shaped by your vision and brought to life with our craftsmanship. You choose the colors. You choose the design. We handle the rest, carving, glazing, and finishing each piece by hand so no two are ever alike.

Want a spark before you start? Take a walk through our gallery. It’s always evolving, always growing, and packed with ideas you can steal, tweak, or make entirely your own.

Thanks for stopping by. If you can imagine it, we can make it.

A ceramic bowl with a dark blue exterior and a decorative interior featuring a red, yellow, and blue design. The bowl is round with a slightly irregular rim and is placed on a wooden surface.
Four small coffee mugs on a wooden surface with various black and white graphics and colorful rims.
A person spray-painting a mug with blue paint using an airbrush spray gun, with the mug resting on a paper towel on a wooden work surface.
Set of seven decorative ceramic dishes with various designs, including a barley and wine image, a rose flower, a rooster and tulips, inspirational phrases, and abstract patterns, placed on a dark speckled surface.