Every piece is thrown and glazed by hand · Custom colourways are open this season
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About the studio
Made slowly, on purpose.
Kilnmade is a small ceramics studio making mugs, tableware and vases one at a time. No moulds, no shortcuts, just a wheel, good clay and a lot of patience.
The studio
From one wobbly mug to a full kiln shelf.
The first Kilnmade piece was a wobbly yellow mug made for a friend’s birthday. A second friend asked for one, then a third, and the garden shed slowly filled up with glaze buckets.
Today the studio is a bright room in an old brickworks, but the method has not changed. Every piece is thrown on the wheel, trimmed by hand, dipped in glazes we mix ourselves and fired twice, then checked before it is wrapped.
Our values
What every piece promises
Safe for every day
Lead-free glazes, sturdy stoneware and pieces tested in our own kitchen.
Kind materials
Clay from a local supplier, and every trimming reclaimed and rethrown.
Fair, honest pricing
Prices reflect real hours at the wheel, so we never rush a piece to hit a number.
The process
How a piece is made
From lump of clay to finished mug takes about two weeks, most of it patient drying.
01
Wedge the clay
Clay is kneaded by hand to push out every air bubble.
02
Throw the shape
Each piece is pulled up on the wheel and trimmed when leather-hard.
03
Glaze by hand
Glazes are mixed in small batches and dipped or painted on.
04
Fire twice
A bisque firing, then a glaze firing at 1,240°C for that glossy finish.
Custom orders
Your colours, your mug, glazed to order.
Pick a shape, choose your glazes and add a name or a doodle. We send a sketch and glaze swatches before the clay hits the wheel.
kilnmade
Small-batch mugs, tableware and vases in cheerful glazes. One potter, one wheel, a very busy kiln.
New glazes, once a month
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