Mara Vey
A maker's portfolio has two jobs: let the work feel physical on a flat screen, then make the next step easy for collectors, galleries, and collaborators. This demo uses generous editorial layouts, clay-and-cobalt color, and close-up photography to give each object weight. Collection filters and full project stories reward browsing; clear availability, stockists, and a guided commission form turn that attention into an inquiry with enough detail to answer well.
Mara Vey is a fictional creative professional we invented for this demonstration — not a client. The website is real and fully working; the artist, the work, and the story are illustrative.
This is a live website — scroll and click around right here, or open it full-screen. Try it on your phone, too.
The scenario this demo explores
A common situation for a working ceramic artist & object maker — imagined for this fictional project — and how the design is built to answer it.
New work appeared as isolated social posts, while gallery, hospitality, and private commission requests arrived without dimensions, budget, timing, or any shared understanding of the artist's process.
Visitors can move through the work by collection, understand the material story behind each piece, find current stockists, and send a commission brief with the practical details already attached.
The details that turn attention into opportunity
- Filterable collection grid for vessels, tableware, and installations
- Accessible object-story dialogs with materials, year, and availability
- Artist profile and three-step studio process built around the work
- Stockist, collection-drop, and commission availability information
- Structured commission form capturing project type, budget, timing, and brief
Your work, presented like this
Every portfolio we build is designed around the work itself: custom typography and layout with a real point of view, fast loading, and a clear path from admiring to buying or booking. Swap in your name, your images, your series — and this is how your work could be seen.
Portfolio sites with a guided commission or inquiry system like this one typically fall under our Silver package.
Picture your work here?
Tell us about your work, the people you want to reach, and what you want them to do next. We will help shape a portfolio that feels like yours.
Prefer to talk it through first? Call or text Riley at (360) 214‑6549, or book a free 15-minute call.