Day 101
Throw
Speckled stoneware from a family quarry in the Chouf, wedged and thrown on the wheel.
Collection 07 · Autumn firing
Made slowly.Fired once.
Stoneware thrown by four potters on a stairway in Gemmayzeh, dipped by hand and fired to 1,240 °C. Every piece leaves the kiln a little different.
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§ 01 — Collections
Shop by form
§ 02 — The autumn firing
The gallery
Nine pieces from the October kiln, hung like the studio wall. Take it slowly — hover a piece to light it.
§ 03 — On imperfection
§ 04 — The studio
Four potters, one stairway in Gemmayzeh.
We throw, trim and glaze everything ourselves, then load the gas kiln twice a month. Pieces cool for a full day before we open the door, and the ones that come out cracked go back to the clay bin.
- 1,240°
- peak temperature, cone 6
- 11 days
- from wet clay to your table
- 2×
- firings every month
§ 05 — Commission
Glaze it. We fire it.
Pick a form, a clay and a glaze, drag the dip line to where you want it and watch a test firing. We make yours in the next kiln load.
Open the kiln§ 06 — Process
From clay to table
Eleven days, four pairs of hands, one kiln. This is what happens to every piece before it reaches you.
Day 302
Trim
Leather-hard pieces are turned upside down and trimmed to a clean foot ring by hand.
Day 603
Glaze
Each piece is dipped by hand. The wavy line you see is where the potter's fingers held it.
Day 904
Fire
Twelve hours to 1,240 °C, a full day to cool. We open the door together and see what the fire decided.
§ 07 — Kind words