Anima Ceramica Studio LLC

I’m Alexis Haselberger, the human behind Anima Ceramica Studio. And in 2025, I lost my dad to terminal brain cancer. It was devastating. My mom, sisters and I decided to split up his ashes, so we could all have a little of him, and we also sprinkled some of him on his beloved bamboo groves around his house. But, what to do with the ashes we kept? None of us wanted a huge, traditional alter style urn, because that didn’t represent him and it didn’t fit the feel of our homes and design choices. And my dad? Well, he had excellent taste and he would have rolled over in his grave (if he’d had one) if put him in something ugly. We found that the commercially available urns were, well, quite ugly. So, I knew what I had to do! I needed to use my ceramics skills to make some bespoke urns, beautiful enough to honor my dad’s excellent design eye, and to fit in seamlessly in our homes. And then I couldn’t get the idea out of my head: Why should we be the only family to get to honor our dad with a beautiful object? Answer: we shouldn’t. And so I started Anima Ceramica Studio, so that I could help other families honor their loved ones, with vessels as unique and beautiful as they were. I keep nothing in stock, I make each vessel for the person (or pet!) it will contain and the home in which it will live. And it starts with a call or an intake form (your choice) so that I can learn more about how you want to honor your loved one.