Studio notes — written between firings, Bristol
And when the kiln finally cools — three days, door shut, no peeking — the shelf at Kiln & Co fills again.
We are a small ceramics studio and shop in Bristol. Everything begins as a lump of grey clay on a wheel that faces the window; we throw it, trim it, glaze it in the colours the harbour does in the morning, and fire it twice. What survives goes on the shelf below. Very little is perfect. Everything is considered.
We make tableware for everyday tables, one-off pieces for when the clay insists on being something else, and we teach — small, quiet workshops at the wheel.
The shelf, this firing
six pieces · one firing · each one of a kind
Reserve a piece and we'll confirm by email before it travels. When it's gone, it's gone — the next firing will make something slightly different.
Tide bowl
Sea-white glaze, iron speckle
£38
ReserveHarbour bottle
Deep blue dip, raw unglazed base
£64
ReservePouring jug
Sand glaze, pulled handle
£52
ReserveBreakfast cup
Celadon, a thumb dent for luck
£26
ReserveMoon jar
Chalk white, softly lopsided
£140
ReserveSand platter
Oat glaze, unglazed foot
£48
ReserveThe studio, indexed
what we do, in three lines
An experiment
Clay remembers every hand.
Move your cursor across the vessel — press gently, then let go. This is roughly how a pot is persuaded into being, minus the mess and the years.
The real thing happens at our workshops: an evening at the wheel, small groups, aprons provided.
Keep scrolling — the story in three glazes ↓
Sea-white
Our everyday glaze — the colour of foam a second after the wave breaks. Nearly all the tableware wears it. It forgives nothing, which is why we love it.
Harbour blue
Mixed after a winter walk along the Avon, where the water goes the colour of old bottles. It goes on thick and breaks over edges like weather.
Sand
A warm, quiet glaze for pieces that want to disappear into the table.
We fire once a month. The shelf is restocked a few days after every firing.
The way to buy
Buy a piece, book a wheel.
Everything on the shelf can be reserved with a message. Commissions, tableware sets and workshop places begin the same way — write to the studio and we reply between firings, usually within two days.
- Post—wrapped in paper and wood wool, insured, sent UK-wide.
- Collection—from the Bristol studio, arranged by message.
- Workshops—evenings at the wheel; leave a message and we'll hold a place.
Each piece is one of a kiln-load — if two people ask for the same bowl, the first message wins it.