Made slowly, fired twice, used every day.

The studio is run by the maker, working in clay. The wheels, the glaze buckets, the kiln and the shop counter all share one room, which means every piece on the shelf was made a few metres from where you buy it.

Work is thrown in small batches and fired twice: a bisque firing to 1000°C to make the clay strong enough to handle, then a glaze firing to 1260°C that vitrifies the body and melts the glaze into it. That second firing is what makes the pieces hard-wearing, dishwasher-tolerant and safe for food.

Six wheels means classes stay small — there is time to put hands on your hands. Every piece made in a class is stamped, tracked and fired by the studio, and you can follow it through the process on the piece tracker.