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Harbor Kiln

Stoneware made by the harbour in Penhallow

Mugs, bowls, plates and vases, thrown by Wren Atholl and four potters in an old net loft on Quay Row, and glazed in the colours of the water outside.

Shop the autumn firing Book a workshop

The next kiln opening is Saturday 17 October, 10am to 4pm, at the studio on Quay Row.

The autumn firing

Everything here came out of the September kiln. Each piece is thrown and dipped by hand, so yours will differ a little from the drawing, and from its neighbour on the shelf.

Free UK delivery on orders over £60, otherwise £5.50. Every piece is dishwasher and microwave safe. Seconds are sold at the Saturday harbour market only.

Workshops in the net loft

Small groups at the big table by the window, taught by Ana or Kit. We fire what you make, and you collect it three weeks later.

Wheel taster

2½ hours, £55

Throw four or five pots on the wheel. We trim, glaze and fire your two best. Tuesday to Thursday evenings and weekends.

Glaze session

2 hours, £38

Choose three bisque-fired pieces from our shelves and glaze them in any of the studio glazes. Friday and Saturday.

Family wheel morning

2 hours, £30 a person

Wheel time for children aged 7 to 12, each with one adult. Two pots each. Sundays at 10am.

5 October to 1 November

From a ball of clay to your shelf

Every piece goes through the same four stages over about eleven days. Step through them.

Day 1

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    Five of us in an old net loft

    Wren Atholl took the lease on Net Loft 3 in 2019, after twelve years teaching ceramics in Bristol. The building stored fishing nets for a century and still smells of tar on wet days. Now it holds a gas kiln, three wheels, five potters and a north window over the harbour.

    We fire about once a month. Each firing holds roughly 280 pieces, which we sell here, at the Saturday harbour market and through four shops in the south-west.

    “I wanted pots that look like they came from somewhere. Ours are the colour of the water on the days we glazed them.”

    Wren Atholl, founder

    Who made yours

    Turn a piece over. The stamp pressed into the foot tells you whose hands it came from.

      Kiln letters

      One short email after each firing, about six a year. Subscribers see the new pieces the evening before the kiln opening.