Fired twice.
Hand-thrown stoneware from two people and one kiln in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Fired twice. Thrown by hand. Yorkshire Dales. 1260°C. Two people. One kiln. 160 pieces a firing.
Rust on the rim. Peas stay put.
The colour comes from red iron oxide, and it shifts with where the plate sat in the kiln. Plates near the bag wall come out browner, plates near the door lean towards purple. A set is always matched by eye, but no two sets are the same.
Fire it yourself.
Drag round the ring and take this bowl to 1260°C.
Wet clay
Soft, cold and still about a fifth water. Press it now and it keeps your thumbprint.
The glaze comes out of our stove.
A narrow neck that holds one stem upright without any help. The twig came from the lane outside and is not included, but there are plenty about in November.
never make it out of the kiln.
A tiny amount of iron gives celadon its colour, and only if the kiln is starved of oxygen near the top of the firing. It pools darker in the curve of the bowl. We lose about one in five to pinholes, which is why there are never many.
If it dribbles, it stays here.
One litre, for water, milk or a lot of custard. Annika fills each one at the sink and pours it out before it goes on the shelf. If it dribbles, it stays in the studio.
Charcoal Jug
£62
The bowl we use every morning.
The bowl we use every morning. Porridge, soup, a pile of figs if you are having that kind of week. Sold singly, because you might only need the two.
Fired twice. Thrown by hand. Yorkshire Dales. 1260°C. Two people. One kiln. 160 pieces a firing.
160 pieces.
Every five weeks.
That is everything we make. Delivery is £6.50 across the UK and free over £75. Delivery and returns or see the studio.
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