Partnership with PotteryWorks

Located in New Westminster, PotteryWorks is an established pottery studio of artists with disabilities. Their mission is to empower people through artistic practice.  

When we first launched Simon’s Soapbox in 2021, we focused on body soap. We approached PotteryWorks to ask if they could make us soap dishes to sell with our bar soap as a gift set for Christmas. Their enthusiastic support of our emerging business was an important part of us moving forward at the start of Simon’s Soapbox.

Photo: Simon and Caroline picking up their first order of soap dishes from PotteryWorks, December 2021

Photo: Caroline and Simon on one of their many trips back to the studio to pick up more pottery orders.

Since then, they’ve made many soap dishes and countless ramekins that we use for our solid dish soap. We get to pick our glazes from their seemingly infinite supply and brainstorm new things to try (like putting a “dish soap” stamp on the ramekin) We really value our relationship with this established pottery studio.

Photo: Dish Soap Ramekins (Soap by Simon's Soapbox, Ramekins by PotteryWorks)

Photo: Simon and Dee agreeing on a business idea

You can learn more about PotteryWorks on their website www.potteryworks.ca