The Ceramics Process

Each product is hand-shaped in my small studio on the island. Slowly, step by step — from soft clay to finished pottery, through drying, firing and glazing. Nothing mass-produced, no shortcuts. That's why you pay a little more for handmade — for the time, hands and love that make each mug, vase or bowl exactly what it should be. So when you hold your cup, you know you're carrying something that took time. And maybe that's why it means a little more.

  • Everything is done by hand

    Of course, this means that the creation takes time, and that it is welcome to do so. It also means that nothing I create will be the same as anything else. If you order 10 mugs of the same design, they will still be different in size, shape and color. That's part of the beauty!

  • Long drying time

    About two weeks, depending on the humidity. Slower drying means less risk of the goods cracking. It is important that the goods are really dry. If there is any moisture left when it is time for the firing, it can explode in the kiln (and thus also destroy everything around it).

  • Slack burning

    When the goods are completely dry, they are packed into the kiln and fired at about 960 degrees. During the sloshing firing, you can pack the kiln really full because it doesn't matter if the different goods touch each other. The kiln is slowly heated up to maximum temperature and then slowly cooled. It takes about a day from the time I pack the kiln until I can open it again.

  • Glazing

    I use different glazes in my creations, both dip glazes and brush glazes. When the glaze has dried, it is important to make sure that no glaze is on the bottom of the item, otherwise it will stick in the oven, and then both the item and the setting plate are ruined.

  • Glaze firing

    The packing of the glaze kiln is more careful than the crucible kiln, here no goods are allowed to touch each other because then they will stick together later. The glaze kiln should be heated to a temperature of 1000-1260 degrees depending on which glazes have been used. It is therefore important to only fire things that can withstand the same temperature at the same time, which can mean that some goods have to wait for several things to get the same glaze. A glaze firing takes about a day.

  • Delivery time

    For both economic and environmental reasons, I only fire kilns that are completely full. This means that I sometimes need to wait for more goods to arrive before I can fire your order. That said, I cannot guarantee how long your order will take to deliver, but 3-4 weeks is usually reasonable.