Divorce is one of life’s least curated experiences.
Divorceramics is meant to help you navigate it — whether you’re one day in or ten years out.
It’s a space designed to consolidate content related to divorce, grief, and healing — think of it as an arts aggregator for the divorce experience. The site features a divorce library filled with work that reflects the messiness, meaning, and beauty of the breakup and what comes after.
And yes — it also includes divorce-inspired ceramics.
“We are on the lookout for beauty and meaning and truth in the midst of lives that didn’t turn out like we thought they should.”
— KATE BOWLER
The Archives
The site is a resource for people navigating divorce. Think of the Archives as a library where the sole Dewey Decimal Classification code is 306.89 — divorce.
Divorceramics features links to a curated selection of over 100 articles — Split Lit — all centered on the experience of divorce. When the full site launches, the library will expand to include podcasts, books, and films.
Browse below or click on Category Archive where you’ll find every article organized into these categories: Finances, Gray Divorce, Loss & Meaning, Relationships, Self-Discovery, and Sex & Love.
The NY Times is indicated because you may need a subscription to read the article.
Let me save you time searching for someone who gets you.
Here are 6 must-read divorce memoirs (yes, that’s a genre).
Cards
Divorce is hard and uncomfortable, and you may not know what to say to the divorcing person in your life. An earnest card is a beautiful way to show you care when you don’t know what to say and offers a way to deepen connection when it’s needed most. Start a conversation with a card from our collection.
“I read an article about how people in grief swear because they feel the English language has reached its limit in a time of inarticulate sorrow.”
― KATE BOWLER, EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON: AND OTHER LIES I’VE LOVED
Meet the Artists
Bay Area artist-archivist Jenny Rosen conceived Divorceramics from lived experience and a desire to help others move beyond survival toward meaning and peace after divorce. Guided by conversation and beauty, Jenny believes in the power of art to deepen our connection to others and to ourselves. A former editor, she brings a literary sensibility and a love of language to her practice.
Rose Tai, a Southern California-based artist, designs and creates functional ceramic ware marked by flawless craftsmanship, elegant lines and refined beauty. She brings a quiet grace and attention to form to every piece she makes.
Jenny and Rose met in art school at the California College of the Arts and have maintained a close friendship ever since. Rose—whose work carries a presence and intention that deeply align with the spirit of the project—created the ceramic ware for Divorceramics. Each piece is handmade with care, offering a grounded beauty that feels both personal and enduring, enriching the rituals of everyday life. Designed specifically for Divorceramics, this line features a subtle visual thread running through each form—a quiet reminder that in the spaces between endings and beginnings, loss and renewal, there is still connection, still meaning, still beauty.
Inspiration
Two ceramic art practices rooted in philosophical aesthetic traditions inspire the spirit and logo design of Divorceramics. Wabi sabi is the ancient Japanese tenet of acknowledging the beauty of transience and imperfection. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending cracks in broken pottery by highlighting the breakage with gold luster, demonstrating that one can find beauty in the breakup.
A former English major who loves word play, Jenny believes in reclaiming words that can be used to shame, such as “divorced,” among others. She likes the way “divorce” overlaps with “ceramics,” sharing the “ce” and creating something new altogether yet holding onto the core of each word. The name reflects the transformation of building a new identity.
Plus, Divorceramics is a top-shelf portmanteau; think anklet, brunch, or labradoodle.
