Hi, I’m Jynell, creator + artist behind Mystic Mija. Thank you for being here.

I’m a functional potter based in Southern California, and I’ve been working with + learning from clay for a little over a decade. I took my first ceramics class in 2010 at Oxnard College and continued on to study ceramics and graphic design at California State University, Channel Islands.

My work evolves from studying tradition and form, searching for a balance of refinement + intuitive playfulness. Thrown on the wheel and hand built, I fire in both oxidation and atmospheric and firings. I’m inspired by intuition, surfaces, form, and processes.

Truthfully I hate writing these bios because they tend to feel robotic and regurgitative to me, which is so far the opposite of my soul and my work. How do I breathe life into everything that I do? How does my work evoke the same feelings as I feel when I am creating it? These are questions I think about in my process.

I have been very lucky to have studied ceramics abroad in Denmark, China, and Oaxaca in the last few years and have met the most inspiring and creative individuals who have impacted my work greatly.