Our studio
A small studio with a slow kiln.
Two potters, one wheel each and a gas kiln that takes eleven hours to cool. That pace shapes everything we make.
It started at a kitchen table in 2019, with a bag of clay and a borrowed wheel.
Kilnhouse began as a weekend habit. Friends asked for cups, then cafés asked for plates, and the kitchen table stopped being big enough. Today we work from a converted dairy barn with room for drying racks, a glaze lab and a small shop at the front.
We still make every piece ourselves. Forms are thrown on the wheel, trimmed by hand and glazed in batches of no more than forty. If a glaze does not pass our dishwasher and scratch tests, it never makes it to the shop.
How a piece is made
Four steps, about three weeks.
01
Wedge & throw
Clay is wedged to remove air, then thrown on the wheel in one sitting.
02
Trim & dry
Once leather-hard, each form is trimmed, signed and left to dry slowly.
03
Glaze
We dip or pour our own glazes, mixed in-house from tested recipes.
04
Fire
A bisque firing, then a glaze firing to 1260°C for strength and shine.
Open studio
Come by on the first Saturday of every month.
See the wheels running, pick up studio seconds and have a coffee in one of our cups. 10am to 4pm, no booking needed.