Shore mug
€34
Stoneware studio · Roundstone, Co. Galway
Made slowly, by the sea.
Wheel-thrown tableware and vessels, glazed with ash from our stove and seaweed from the shore below the studio. Fired once a month, in small batches, for kitchens that use them every day.
Moon jar, 24 cm Marram A dry straw ash glaze that breaks brown on the throwing lines.
Next kiln opening
The monthly firing
The kiln opens on the second Friday of every month. Around sixty pieces go online at 7pm, and the kiln list hears first.
Join the kiln listFrom the last firing
Every piece is thrown by hand, so no two are quite the same. Choose a glaze and we'll pick the best of that batch for you.
Low tide bowl
€42
Supper plate
€48
Pouring jug
€68
Bud vase
€38
Lidded jar
€120
Free delivery in Ireland over €80. Packed in recycled paper and sheep's wool, and posted from Roundstone within two working days.
Five glazes, one shoreline
We mix every glaze in the studio, from things we can walk to. Each one is tested on a tile like these before it goes near a pot.
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Marram
Ash from the studio stove and feldspar. Dry, straw-green, and brown wherever it runs thin.
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Kelp
Bladderwrack, dried and burned on the beach, with a little iron. Glossy, deep olive.
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Bog cotton
A satin white with flecks of iron that bloom in the flame, like the bog in June.
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Atlantic
A celadon that pools blue-grey in the bottom of a bowl, the colour of the bay in March.
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Rust
An iron tenmoku. Near-black where it's thick, breaking to gold on every edge and rim.
Every glaze is fired to 1280 °C and is food, oven, microwave and dishwasher safe.
Three weeks, start to finish
Nothing about a pot can be rushed. This is how long yours took.
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Day 1
Wedge & throw
Clay is kneaded to push the air out, then thrown on the wheel in one sitting.
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Day 2
Trim the foot
Leather-hard, it goes back on the wheel upside down to carve the foot ring. Handles go on now.
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Days 3–9
Dry slowly
A week under cloth on the shelves. Dry too fast and it cracks.
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Day 10
Bisque, 1000 °C
The first firing turns clay into something that can take a glaze.
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Day 12
Glaze by hand
Waxed at the foot and dipped rim-first, one piece at a time. That raw foot is how you can tell.
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Days 13–14
Fire, 1280 °C
Fifteen hours up, a day to cool. The flame decides the last ten per cent.
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Day 15
Open the kiln
Every foot is sanded smooth, every piece checked. About one in eight doesn't make it.
Commissions
Restaurant commissions
“We wanted plates that looked like they came out of the same fire as the food. Marram made us a hundred and forty, and not one is the same.”
Head chef, Ember & Oak, Kinsale
We take on four restaurant and wedding commissions a year, booked four to six months ahead. See Ember & Oak
Wheel mornings
Saturdays, 10:00 to 13:00. Four wheels, so never more than four of you. Clay, aprons and tea included. We trim, glaze and fire your two best pieces and post them on a month later.
€85 per person, all included
- New dates are added on the first of each month.
Care & delivery
Can it go in the dishwasher?
Yes. Everything is fired to 1280 °C and is dishwasher, oven and microwave safe. The unglazed foot is sanded smooth and darkens a little with use, which we think is rather nice.
Why does mine look different from the photo?
Because it's handmade and fired with a live flame. Sizes vary by a few millimetres and every glaze breaks differently over every rim. If you want a matching set, tell us in the order note and we'll choose pieces from the same shelf of the kiln.
How is it delivered?
Packed in recycled paper and sheep's wool and posted from Roundstone within two working days. Delivery in Ireland is €7, or free over €80. We ship to the UK and EU too.
What if something arrives broken?
Send us a photo within seven days and we'll replace it from the next firing, or refund you, whichever you prefer.
The kiln list
One email a month, the evening before the kiln opens. First pick of every firing, and nothing else.