Quiet objects, made slowly.

Gallery

Current work

Each piece is one of a kind. Select to see details and dimensions. Prices include GST. Shipping within New Zealand is $18 flat.

• Rice Bowl
  Ash-glazed rice bowl$48
• Mug
  Tenmoku mug, 350ml$55
• Dinner Plate
  Celadon dinner plate$65
• Pouring Jug
  Shino pouring jug, 500ml$72
• Vase
  Nuka vase, tall$120
• Teapot
  Ash teapot, 600ml$145
• Sake Set
  Tenmoku sake set (4 cups)$95
• Platter
  Celadon oval platter$110
• Bud Vase
  Shino bud vase, pair$68
• Bowl
  Nuka serving bowl, wide$88

Weekend classes

Learn to throw

All clay, glazes and firings are included. Wear clothes you do not mind getting dirty. Maximum six students per class so everyone gets wheel time.

• I

  Beginner Throwing

  Saturdays 9am – 12pm · every weekend in October

  Centre, open and pull. Leave with two bowls, bisque-fired and glazed by us — collect them a fortnight later.

  $130
• II

  Intermediate: Lidded Forms

  Saturdays 1pm – 4pm · 3, 10 Oct

  Throw a gallery, a lid and a knob that fit. Trimming and measuring techniques for consistent sets.

  $150
• G

  Glazing Workshop

  Sundays 10am – 2pm · 4, 11 Oct

  Dip, pour, wax-resist, sgraffito. Bring bisqueware or use ours. We fire and you collect the following Friday.

  $120
• K

  Kids Clay Play (ages 6–12)

  Sundays 2pm – 3:30pm · 4, 18 Oct

  Pinch pots, coil animals, stamp tiles. One adult free per child. Everything fired and ready in two weeks.

  $45
• P

  Private Session (2–4 people)

  By appointment · 2 hours

  Throwing or hand-building for your group. Wine from the square afterwards is up to you.

  $280

How pieces are made

From wedge to table

1. Wedging

   The clay is cut, slammed and spiralled to remove air pockets. We use a Wairarapa stoneware body from Southern Clays — a buff, iron-bearing clay that fires warm.

2. Throwing

   Centred on a Shimpo VL Whisper wheel, opened, pulled and shaped. A bowl takes three minutes on a good day. A teapot takes a morning.

3. Trimming

   Once leather-hard, the piece is inverted and a foot ring is carved. This is where the weight comes out and the form finds its balance.

4. Bisque Firing

   The kiln climbs to 1000 °C over eight hours. Water and organic matter burn away. The clay is now porous and ready for glaze.

5. Glazing

   Dipped, poured or brushed. Our four base glazes — ash, celadon, tenmoku and shino — are mixed here from local wood ash, feldspar and silica.

6. Glaze Firing

   Reduction firing to 1280 °C in our gas kiln over fourteen hours. The kiln is unpacked three days later, once it has cooled to room temperature.

What customers say

From the guestbook

• We drove down from Wellington for the throwing class and ended up staying the weekend. The mugs I made are the ones I reach for every morning — the tenmoku glaze is extraordinary.
• I bought the celadon dinner set for our anniversary. Six months on, every piece is chip-free and the colour has not changed. Real stoneware, not ornamental.
• My daughter did the kids' session and talked about it for two weeks. The pinch-pot hedgehog sits on her bedside table. She wants to come back for the wheel.

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