hand-thrown tea ware — wood-fired kiln, est. 2016

Vessels for slow mornings.

Each bowl is thrown, trimmed, and fired by one pair of hands. No two leave the kiln the same.

Morning bowl — thrown off-center, glazed in ash

Why we make slowly

A tea bowl is held for minutes and kept for decades. We think that deserves more than an afternoon of attention.

Clay remembers every touch. A hurried thumb leaves a mark the fire will keep forever. So we work at the pace the material asks for — one firing a month, twelve bowls at a time, and the imperfect ones stay on our own shelves.

Three pieces

The current firing. When they are gone, they are gone until the next.

Hand-thrown tea bowl in warm beige clay — Morning bowl — ash glaze, 280 ml

Tall charcoal clay vase holding a single dried branch — Winter vase — charcoal clay, single stem

Stack of three hand-formed plates in earth tones — Daily plates — set of three, sand / clay / ash

Four steps, one pair of hands

Throw

Centering the clay takes as long as it takes. Some days, most of the morning.

Trim

The foot is carved when the clay is leather-hard. This is where the bowl learns to stand.

Fire

Thirty hours in the wood kiln. We sleep in shifts and watch the cones fall.

Mend

Cracked pieces are repaired with gold, not hidden. The break becomes part of the story.

The next firing opens in spring.

Twelve bowls. When the list fills, the kiln door closes. Leave an address and we will write when yours is ready.

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