New — Autumn Glazes

Ash And Oatmeal, Out Of The October Firing

Twenty-two dinner plates, forty bowls and as many mugs as the kiln would hold. When they are gone they are gone until the next firing, which is how a one-kiln studio works.

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Explore The Tableware

Four ranges, all in the same clay body, all fired to 1260°C. Mix them freely — the glazes were developed to sit together on one table.

A stack of rustic stoneware plates and bowls on a wooden table

Plates & Bowls

Dinner, side and pasta. Thrown to a stacking profile so a set of six lives in a normal cupboard.

From £34

Handmade ceramic cups and bowls on wooden shelves

Mugs & Cups

Three sizes, two handle shapes. The pulled handle takes longer and is the one people come back for.

From £28

Stacked green glazed bowls on a stone surface

Serving Pieces

Platters, deep bowls and jugs. Larger work comes out of the kiln in ones and twos, not in sets.

From £62

What Leaves The Studio Most

Ranked by what we have actually thrown most of this year — which is not the same as what we most enjoy throwing.

Rows of handmade cups and bowls on studio shelves

Most thrown

The Everyday Mug, Oatmeal

320 ml, pulled handle. Ordered in fours more often than in ones.

Pale stoneware vessels grouped on a plain surface

Second

Side Plate, Ash

210 mm. The plate people buy six of after buying one dinner plate.

Artisan ceramics with organic forms in earthy tones

Third

Deep Serving Bowl

Two litres. Heavy enough to hold heat, light enough to pass across a table.

Warm-toned pottery arranged as a table setting

Fourth

Tenmoku Tumbler

Iron-rich, breaks rust at the rim. No two firings give the same edge.

The Studio

Thrown, Not Pressed

Every piece here begins as a ball of clay weighed on the same scale and centred on one of two wheels. Nothing is slip-cast, nothing is made from a mould, and nothing is decorated with a transfer.

That is why your six plates are not identical. Rims vary by a millimetre or two, the glaze pools differently where the wall thickens, and one of them will be very slightly heavier. If you want six that match exactly, buy factory ware — it is better at that job and we will say so.

Inside the workshop

Hands shaping clay on a wooden bench seen from above

From The Bench

Why A Kiln Load Takes Three Weeks

Throwing takes two days. Then the pieces dry slowly enough not to crack, get turned, get their handles, dry again, take a bisque firing, get glazed, and go back in. The glaze firing itself runs eleven hours and cools for two days with the door shut.

It is the waiting that sets the pace of a small pottery, and it is the reason a sold-out mug takes a month to come back rather than a week.

How the studio runs

Before You Buy

Is it dishwasher safe? What is crazing, and does it matter? The four house glazes Building a set over time Commissions and replacements

Visit The Workshop

Cot Valley Road, ten minutes' walk from St Just square. Thursday to Saturday, 10:00 to 16:00 — seconds shelf by the door, usually the best value in the building.

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