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Whitstable, Kent

One at a time

Everything here was thrown by hand and came out of the kiln last week.

  • Posted within two days
  • Packed in wool
  • 30 days to send it back
A row of freshly thrown, unglazed stoneware cups drying on a wooden board on the studio bench, with tools and drying shelves behind.

In stock now

Six pieces from the March firing, and no repeats until the kiln goes on again.

6 pieces

Next firing opens 14 March. Sold-out pieces come back then, in a slightly different glaze.

A potter's hands pulling the wall of a stoneware cylinder on a spinning wheel, wet clay slip across the fingers.

The making

Six weeks from clay to kitchen

Nothing here is cast, and nothing is finished by anyone who did not throw it.

  1. Wedge

    20 min

    Clay from a pit in Devon, wedged by hand until there is no air left in it.

  2. Throw

    1 morning

    Nell throws twelve at a sitting. Nine usually survive trimming the next day.

  3. Glaze

    2 days

    Iwan mixes in five-litre buckets: wood ash, iron oxide, a little tin.

  4. Fire

    36 hours

    Two firings up to 1,260°C. What the kiln does to the glaze is not up to us.

The whole process

Delivery, packing and returns

  • Posted within two days

    Orders placed before 2pm on a weekday go out the next morning, tracked, from the Whitstable post office.

  • Packed in wool

    Wool fleece and recycled paper, no plastic. Four breakages in 412 orders, and every one was replaced.

  • 30 days to send it back

    Unused, for a full refund, postage included. Email us first and we send the label.

Reviews

Living with the pots

4.8average across the studio

  • Small enough for an espresso, heavy enough that it does not skate across the counter. I have ordered two more.

    Femi Adeyemi, Hackney

    Ridge tumbler

  • The rim is thinner than I expected and it is the only mug I reach for now. Four months of daily use and it still looks new.

    Ama Boateng, Bristol

    Everyday mugs, pair

  • Ordered on the Tuesday, on my shelf by the Thursday, wrapped in wool like something borrowed from a museum.

    Tom Rees, Cardiff

    Fluted milk jug

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One email per firing, about four a year, with what came out and what it costs.

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