About the service
I throw custom dinnerware sets on the wheel for clients who want a table setting that no mould-cast factory line can match. Every commission starts with a short conversation about headcount, plate diameter, bowl depth, and how the pieces will actually be used — daily family meals, a restaurant pass, or a wedding registry — because a set built for stacking in a cramped cabinet needs different proportions than one built for a plating line.
Clay body selection is the first technical decision, and it is not cosmetic. I work in stoneware and porcelain bodies rated for repeated dishwasher and microwave cycles, chosen for low absorption so a crazed glaze surface will not harbour bacteria over years of use. Every batch is tested for thermal shock resistance before a full set goes into production, and I keep fired test tiles from each clay-glaze pairing so a returning client can order a matching refill plate five years later without guessing at the original recipe.
Consistency across a set is a wheel-throwing skill, not a glazing trick — every dinner plate in an eight-piece service is weighed and measured to the same rim diameter and wall thickness so the set reads as one design, not eight individual experiments. Glaze coordination follows: a coordinated palette across dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, and mug, with liner glazes chosen specifically for food contact and verified lead- and cadmium-free.
Firing runs in a kiln logged for cone and hold time on every load, and I keep a portfolio of past food-safe firings available for review before you commission. Typical turnaround for an eight-place setting is two to three weeks from clay to a fully glaze-fired, dishwasher-and-microwave-tested delivery, with photos sent at the bisque stage so you can approve the glaze plan before final firing. I also offer single replacement pieces for sets I have already thrown, matched from my kept glaze and clay records.
Clay body selection is the first technical decision, and it is not cosmetic. I work in stoneware and porcelain bodies rated for repeated dishwasher and microwave cycles, chosen for low absorption so a crazed glaze surface will not harbour bacteria over years of use. Every batch is tested for thermal shock resistance before a full set goes into production, and I keep fired test tiles from each clay-glaze pairing so a returning client can order a matching refill plate five years later without guessing at the original recipe.
Consistency across a set is a wheel-throwing skill, not a glazing trick — every dinner plate in an eight-piece service is weighed and measured to the same rim diameter and wall thickness so the set reads as one design, not eight individual experiments. Glaze coordination follows: a coordinated palette across dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, and mug, with liner glazes chosen specifically for food contact and verified lead- and cadmium-free.
Firing runs in a kiln logged for cone and hold time on every load, and I keep a portfolio of past food-safe firings available for review before you commission. Typical turnaround for an eight-place setting is two to three weeks from clay to a fully glaze-fired, dishwasher-and-microwave-tested delivery, with photos sent at the bisque stage so you can approve the glaze plan before final firing. I also offer single replacement pieces for sets I have already thrown, matched from my kept glaze and clay records.
