Meet Cindy
The Artist Behind the Whimsy
Welcome to Pottery Whimsy
Where handcrafted pottery and whimsical garden sculptures come to life
Sculptor Cindy Hochart creates unique, one-of-a-kind pieces designed to bring joy, laughter, and personality to your home and garden.
Cindy's work celebrates the charm of the unexpected — from gnomes on neighborhood watch to snowmen caught mid-frolic. Each piece is handcrafted with a touch of humor and a lot of heart, designed to make people smile, laugh, and feel that spark of playfulness we often forget to indulge.
Before launching Pottery Whimsy, Cindy spent her career as a clinical consultant and writer, helping organizations ignite meaningful change. Her decades in that world sharpened her eye for detail, storytelling, and connection — qualities that now find a new home in clay.
At Pottery Whimsy, Cindy blends artistic craftsmanship with her belief that joy itself is a serious force for good. Her garden sculptures and tabletop figures invite you to see the whimsy in life's small corners — and maybe chuckle a bit while you're at it.
Listen to the Claymate Worldview
These Claymates understand that life is too short to be boring.
Aurelia
Aurelia has so much fun with her garden stack that she converted her Mom and Sister to become Claymates as well.
ClayMate
Each piece was custom-designed and has meaning for ClayMate.
April
April loved the frolicking snowmen so much that she commissioned one for each of her friends, spreading the joy to her own tribe of claymates.
To All Pottery Whimsy Claymates
Claymates are the delightfully offbeat humans who fall in love with Pottery Whimsy’s playful characters and joyfully imperfect creatures. They’re the people who choose a silly sculpture with a little mischief and magic baked in. Claymates collect not just objects, but tiny moments of happiness, adopting each piece as if it has its own personality and story to tell.
