The History of Dogwood Ceramic Supply

    Dogwood Ceramics was started as a traditional, family owned and operated storefront ceramic studio in 1988. As the business grew and developed, Dogwood Ceramics was incorporated in 1993, and our name was changed to Dogwood Ceramic Supply to properly reflect the diversity of products in the ever changing and expanding business. Dogwood Ceramics continued to grow by serving a wide variety of ceramic and pottery customers throughout the Deep South, and as the business expanded to include much of the United States the plans were developed for The Showroom, which was constructed and opened for business on October 1, 2001.

    Consistently an award winning distributor since our inception, the year before Hurricane Katrina struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast Dogwood Ceramic Supply had finally reached our goal of being one of the Top 10 Duncan Distributors in North America. Of course Hurricane Katrina damped our success for a period of time, but a few short years later Dogwood Ceramic Supply has already grown past our pre-Katrina levels for most product lines.

    Dogwood Ceramic Supply's growth after Hurricane Katrina included the introduction of EPS Pottery Stools as well as American Quality Ceramic Bisque. The EPS Pottery Stools are commercial furniture grade pottery stools manufactured by a leading office furniture manufacturer exclusively for Dogwood Ceramic Supply. American Quality Ceramic Bisque is Dogwood Ceramic Supply's high volume bisque line for recreation and production customers who would prefer to purchase a high quality ceramic bisque product manufactured in the United States.

    Having just completed our 20th Anniversary at the end of 2008, Dogwood Ceramic Supply is looking forward to the next 20 years with hopes of even more expansion and success.

The Showroom

    The Showroom (shown above) with over 13,000 sq ft of combined product display and warehouse space was specifically designed for the modern pottery and ceramic business with ground level access, seen towards the rear of the building, for loading the customer's vehicles.

At the rear of the warehouse for The Showroom is the covered loading dock which is essential to protect sensitive equipment and supplies from the inclement weather of South Mississippi. The covered loading dock is also useful to hold pallets of slips, clays and supplies awaiting pickup from one of the national motor freight companies providing daily pickup from Dogwood Ceramic Supply.

    For our long term needs, The Showroom was located on 3 acres of land specifically so as to allow future expansions.

    The Showroom is just a few blocks from Dogwood Ceramics' original storefront location, and is conveniently located in the heart of the City of Gulfport on the scenic Mississippi Gulf Coast just a short distance from the I-10 and US Highway 49 interchange. Gulfport is located at the midway point between New Orleans and Mobile, and just a quick drive from Baton Rouge, Jackson, Pensacola and the rest of the Florida Panhandle. Even Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Memphis, Atlanta, Orlando and Tampa are all less than 2 hours away through the 6 airlines offering direct, non-stop, jet service into the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. Maps to Dogwood includes local and regional maps as well as clearly written directions to The Showroom.

    Everybody is welcome to visit the scenic Mississippi Gulf Coast and Dogwood Ceramic Supply during our normal business hours: 

Showroom Business Hours:

Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10AM to 5PM
Thursday 1PM to 7PM

Closed Wednesday and Sunday

    And for those customers that are unable to visit The Showroom on a routine basis, Dogwood Ceramic Supply offers daily UPS and motor freight shipments to serve our customers through out the United States, as well as container shipments to serve our international customers in Europe and South America.

The Major Products

    The Products carried by Dogwood Ceramic Supply can be quickly accessed through the Product Index or the major product links shown below:

pottery equipment
		Standard Clay