We have been on Uspenska Street since 2018. Not a factory and not a production line — a workshop where everything is made by hand, and in small numbers.
Every piece goes through seven stages: throwing, drying, the first firing, sanding, glazing, the second firing and inspection. Between them is time that cannot be shortened: raw clay dries for five days, or it tears in the kiln.
The kiln holds fifteen pieces and is fired once a week. About two pieces in each batch fail — a crack, a run, a chip. We do not sell those even at a discount.
That is why the shop has ten items rather than three hundred. But what is there sits on the shelf and leaves for you tomorrow.
A lump of stoneware clay is centred and pulled up. One cup takes six to eight minutes.
Five days at room temperature. Rushing it means cracks.
The first at 950 °C, then glaze and a second at 1250 °C. Each takes a day including cooling.
We check the base, the rim and the ring. What fails is broken up and milled back into clay.
On Saturdays from 12:00 we show people round the workshop and let them try the wheel. Free, no booking needed — just message us the day before to say you are coming.
We make tableware for coffee shops and restaurants to suit their covers. Minimum order twenty pieces, six weeks and up. Write to us and we will quote.