Oct17–18Sat–Sun 2026
Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival
- Hours
- 9 am to 5 pm, both days
- Where
- Main Street, Half Moon Bay
- Booth
- Number posted here the week before
Wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware, made one piece at a time in a garage studio on the Monterey Bay.
Find Joan's booth
Pick it up, turn it over, take it home.
Nov21Saturday 2026
Carmel Homecrafters' Marketplace
- Hours
- 9 am to 3 pm
- Where
- Sunset Center north lot, Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Note
- The 55th annual, always the Saturday before Thanksgiving
Joan also sets up at makers' markets in Santa Cruz. Those dates go up on Instagram first.
The work
Made to be used.
About Joan
Mud, then love.
Joan Yu throws, trims, carves, glazes and fires every piece herself. Some are quiet: a cream bowl with dandelion seeds drifting across it and the word "wish." Some are not: an octopus that pours tea, a pelican that holds your sponge.
Everything is stoneware, fired twice, and meant for daily use. No two come out the same, which is the point.
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