How it is made
Nothing here is cast in a mould. Every piece passes through the same four stages, by hand, over about three weeks.
We work in a grey stoneware clay that fires hard and holds an edge. A day at the wheel produces a batch of one shape — thirty cups, say — so they share a family likeness without being identical.
Once the pieces are leather-hard, each is turned back onto the wheel and trimmed: the foot is cut, the weight evened out, the base signed with a small stamp. This is the slow half of the work.
Our glazes are mixed in the studio from raw minerals and tested in small tiles before a batch is committed. They are poured and dipped rather than sprayed, which is why the colour pools and breaks over the throwing lines.
Pieces are bisque-fired once, glazed, then fired a second time to 1250 °C in an electric kiln. A full firing takes the better part of a day to reach temperature and two more to cool before the kiln can be opened.