Living Ginger Designs

Beautiful Popcorn

Beautiful Contemporary Ceramics created in the West of Ireland by Louise Browne.

All our products are produced from our Studio in Oughterard, Co. Galway, Ireland using actual impressed floral details, impressed designs and smocked fabrics in Porcelain with our own handmade glazes.

I spent years writing on the internet about unlearning people-pleasing and embodying clear, kind, brave communication under the brand The Hearty Fig.

I’ve since closed that chapter—though if that speaks to you, you’ll find several of those articles and resources right over here.

These days, I write essays on Substack that dive into uncertainty and explore unexpected connections. There you’ll find research-driven personal essays that weave together lived experience with fascinations and sharp-toothed questions—and tangle with questions of identity, connection, and womanhood.