Bespoke work

Private commissions

Commissions are considered on a limited basis. The studio is one pair of hands and the work is slow by nature, so bespoke pieces are taken on when they fit the making schedule — and declined, politely, when they would not get the attention they deserve.

What can be commissioned

Bespoke ceramic tableware for a single table is the most natural commission: cups, bowls, and serving pieces conceived as a considered set — related in clay, glaze, and weight, yet each thrown individually, so no two settings are identical. Tea ware — yunomi and tea bowls — and single vessels are equally at home here. Tableware for restaurants and hotels is considered when the fit is right.

What the studio does not do: reproduce another maker’s work, produce large identical runs, or promise a glaze outcome to the millimetre. Crystalline and crackle glazes are finished by the kiln; that unpredictability is the reason to commission handmade work rather than order from a catalogue.

How a commission works

It starts with a short conversation — write to the studio with what you have in mind: the use, the number of pieces, any forms or glazes from the gallery or archive that speak to you. If it is a fit, you receive a simple proposal: forms, glaze direction, and an honest making window. Handmade work is fired in groups and some pieces do not survive the kiln, so windows are stated carefully and kept.

What every commission includes

Commissioned pieces are treated exactly like the studio’s own releases: each is one-of-one, signed on the foot, numbered, and entered in the Piece Registry with its clay body, glaze, firing notes, dimensions, and photographs — a permanent record of provenance that stays with the work. Pieces are packed by hand, double-boxed, and shipped worldwide from Iceland with a care guide.