About
Sjögren Keramik has been the same studio on Södermalm for more than thirty years. It has never grown beyond what one potter can throw in a week, and that is on purpose.
Elin Sjögren took a lease on a basement room off a courtyard on Södermalm and set up a wheel and a second-hand kiln. The first pieces were sold from a table at a Saturday market; some of the same cup shapes are still made today.
The studio has stayed deliberately small. There is no production line and no wholesale — everything is thrown, trimmed, glazed and fired by Elin, and sold directly from the studio. Keeping it to one person is what lets each piece be a little different.
The studio opens its doors on Saturdays and takes visitors by appointment during the week. A handful of Stockholm cafés use the everyday range; otherwise the pots go home with the people who come to the studio.