Studio of Kaitlin Thaney · ceramics & other work

Made slowly, used daily.

Hand-built and wheel-thrown stoneware. I like glazes that move in the kiln and forms that keep a little of my hands in them: wavy platters, low bowls, pieces meant for the middle of the table. your words

Undertow · bowls & low tide Flow · platters & dishes Held & Keeping · urns & keepsakes Smoke @claythaney ↗

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Undertow

Hand-built nesting bowls with ruffled, metallic-dark rims and deep blue pulling down into the centre, like water drawing back from the shore. Made to stack, and to be used. your words

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Three ruffled nesting bowls stacked, deep blue inside with dark metallic rims — Nesting set

Ruffled bowl with blue glaze radiating from the centre — Inside

Ruffled bowl with a dark metallic exterior and bright blue interior — Outside

Low tide · vases, bowls & mugs

Tall cylinder vase with blue and amber glaze running to a bare foot — Drip vase

Double-curved bowl in pale blue drip glaze — Drip bowl

Mug in speckled blue glaze with a dark handle — Mug

Black mug with a deep purple and red rim — Night mug

Thrown pieces where blue runs down through sea-grey and stops at a raw clay foot, like the waterline after the tide goes out.

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Flow

Bowls, platters and small dishes in glazes that move in the kiln: mustard, sage and cream pooling inside red clay, ruffled platters streaked with colour, and bright green breaking into blue, like a rock pool at low tide. your words

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Red clay bowl with a mustard, green and cream glaze interior — Red clay bowl

Small red clay bowl with mustard and green glaze inside — Small bowl

Red clay bowl with cream and blue glaze dripping down the outside — Drip

Platters & small dishes

Large ruffled platter in flowing cream, green and rust glaze — Ruffled platter

Ruffled white platter with streaks of violet and red — Ruffled, violet

Wavy platter in peach and sage glaze — Wave platter

Small pale ruffled dish with blue and violet streaks — Small dish, lilac

Small cream ruffled dish with a green glaze bloom — Small dish, green

Bowl interior in teal with mustard flashes and a speckled rim — Teal & mustard bowl

Tidepool · dishes & mugs

Green leaf-shaped dish with pooled blue glaze — Tidepool dish

Smaller green tidepool dish with blue centre — Small tidepool

Two ruffled dishes in deep green with pale edges — Ruffled pair

Green mug with blue patches and a bare clay foot — Mug

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Held & Keeping

Urns and lidded jars, made by hand for someone you've lost. I started making these for my own family, and found that shaping something to hold a person is its own kind of care. Held are full-size urns, made to be displayed. Keeping are smaller jars for the people who'd like a part close by at home. your words

Three handmade urns: a stacked red jar, a speckled lidded urn and a wavy pink vessel — Held, three urns

Speckled lidded urn with a dark glossy diagonal band — Speckled urn

Stacked lidded urn in deep red glaze — Red stacked urn

Undulating urn in speckled pastel glaze — Pastel urn

Small lidded keepsake jar in deep blue with green flecks, lid lifted — Keeping jar

Two thrown lidded urns, before firing — Before firing

Letters & keepsakes

Folded like an envelope and made to hang: for dried flowers, a letter, a lock of hair or a small thing worth keeping. Made on their own, or alongside an urn.

Cream envelope-shaped wall pocket — Envelope

Wall pocket holding dried flowers against ivy — With dried flowers

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A conversation
No forms. We talk about the person: colours, places, what they loved.
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Held or Keeping
One urn to display, smaller jars so family can each keep a part, or both.
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Making
Thrown or hand-built, glazed, fired. I'll share photos along the way if you'd like them.
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Bringing it home
Delivered by hand where possible, with a sealed lid and care notes.

Write to hello@kaythaney.com with “Held” or “Keeping” in the subject. There's no rush, and no obligation. timelines & pricing

Also from the studio

Collection

Smoke

Raku, barrel and pit-fired pieces, marked by flame, ash and whatever was burning alongside them. Pinks from copper and salts, blacks from smoke, crackle from the quick cool. Every surface is a record of one firing. your words

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