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Pottery studio & shop · Frome, Somerset

Pots for every day, made in Frome.

We throw, trim and glaze everything in our studio, then sell it from the shop at the front. Come in to buy a mug, or stay and make one.

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Two hands shaping a bowl of pale yellow clay on a spinning potter’s wheel.

On the shelf

Made here. Sold here.

Cups, tumblers and bowls in small batches, fired to stoneware so they’re made for daily use. Every piece is a little different from the last.

A speckled oatmeal stoneware cup on a white plinth.

No. 014Speckled cupOatmeal glaze
£22

Holds a flat white. Speckles come from iron in the clay, so no two match.
A tall speckled tumbler in a deep moss-green glaze, its base left as bare clay.

No. 027Tall tumblerMoss glaze
£28

For water, a pint or a bunch of flowers. The bare foot shows the clay underneath.
A small speckled cup dipped at an angle in a soft pink glaze, on a wooden table.

No. 031Dipped cupRose over oatmeal
£26

Dipped by hand at a slant, so every line of glaze falls differently.

The seconds shelf, every Saturday.Pieces with a small mark or a wonky glaze line, for less. First come, first served.

Plan a visit

From clay to cup

Four steps, two firings.

Every piece goes through the same slow route, and through our hands at each step. It’s why a mug takes a few weeks to reach the shelf.

Stacks of unglazed, once-fired bowls on a studio table, waiting for glaze.
  1. No. 1

    Thrown

    On the wheel, from a weighed ball of clay.

  2. No. 2

    Trimmed

    A day later, once it’s leather-hard, we carve the foot.

  3. No. 3

    Bisque fired

    A first, gentle firing, so it can take a glaze.

  4. No. 4

    Glazed & fired

    Dipped by hand, then fired hot enough to become stoneware.

Four stoneware mugs stacked in pairs on a sunny stone floor: one in a bright marigold glaze, one rimmed in yellow, one speckled lilac and one dark blue.
Clay-covered hands pulling up the walls of a pale pot on a spinning wheel.

Wheel classes

Come and throw one.

A taster on the wheel for complete beginners. You’ll centre the clay, open it up and pull a pot or two. We fire and glaze them, and you collect them later.

  • How long2 hours
  • WhenSaturday mornings
  • How many4 people at most
  • Your potsGlazed, ready in 3 weeks
  • Cost£45, clay included
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Book & visit

Book a wheel class.

Tell us how many of you and roughly when, and we’ll reply with the Saturdays that have room. Just want to browse? The shop is open three days a week.

  • ShopThursday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm
  • ClassesSaturday mornings
  • WhereFrome, Somerset

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