We make the clay
before the pot.
Three stonewares, pugged together in-house and cut with iron sand—the freckles you'll find in the glaze start here, weeks before the kiln. Each batch is wedged by hand and rested seven days. Rushed clay warps. Rested clay doesn't.
One body runs through all twelve forms, so a shelf collected over years still matches—same speckle, same warmth, same honest weight in the hand.
The molds aren't broken.
There aren't any.
Every form starts as a weighed two-to-four-pound lump and a wet sponge. We throw in series—a dozen mugs in a sitting—so a set shares one rhythm, then trim each foot the next day at leather-hard.
Handles are pulled from the same clay, not glued on: a coil stretched until gravity draws it into a strap. That's why yours takes three fingers without being asked.
About three weeks in the clay. Your date is still 6–8 weeks.
Forty spiral turns. Air out, patience in.
Centered, opened, walls up in three pulls.
The foot cut at leather-hard, then the spiral goes on.
Under plastic, then open air. Slow dries straight.
First fire to 999 °C leaves it porous and thirsty for glaze.
One dip, one motion. The foot stays waxed and bare.
Fourteen hours up, thirty-six down. Then we open the door.
Those seven steps are how long the clay is in our hands — about three weeks of making. They are not your invoice date. Standard runs are ready in 6–8 weeks; rush runs in 3–4 weeks at plus 20 percent. The clock starts at deposit plus written specs, because other people’s kilns are in the queue too.
From the wheel to your table
This room throws for people who eat: restaurants, cafés, and home kitchens. Catalog tags are published in USD. Custom and wholesale runs use the same price book on /custom, including Boston-area drop-off at $20.00 USD. A quote is an estimate until both sides confirm the same figures by email. Online cards are not live. Unused stock may return in 30 days; fired custom work is final except for the Chip Promise.
Come in and
pick things up.
The showroom shares a wall with the kiln shed; some weeks the shelves are still warm. Blue Line to Maverick, seven minutes up Bennington on foot—and yes, you're supposed to handle everything.
East Boston, MA 02128

