The Oyster range laid out on a linen-draped table beside a blue vase holding a single orange poppy

OysterGlazed inside and out — the clay disappears beneath a satin grey.

Glazed inside and out — the clay vanishes beneath a satin grey, no two alike in the light.

Five pieces: two plates, a bowl, a cup, and the only mug in the range. Each is dipped by hand, so the grey settles heavier down one side — a drift that is never quite even, and never corrected.

One glaze poured over everything, inside and out. The clay disappears under a satin grey, and the form is left to do the talking.

Oyster in use
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Grey satin, full dip
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One glaze, poured over everything.

Oyster began as a single glaze test we couldn’t put down — a satin grey sitting somewhere between stone and cloud, different on every form we dipped in it. So we stopped trying to make it even. Poured over the whole piece, inside and out, it lets the shape do the talking and the clay disappear, which is exactly the table we wanted to set.

The surface

A satin grey, pooling a shade deeper where the wall turns and along the foot. Smooth throughout — no surface left raw. It reads almost matte until the light moves across it, then lifts to a low sheen and settles again as you turn it in the hand.

Why no two match

Hand-dipped, so the glaze settles a shade thicker to one side — read across a plate as a faint drift of grey.

In use

A hand lifting the top plate off a tall stack of Oyster dinner platesA hand cupping an Oyster bowl on a travertine pedestal in soft lightA salad in an Oyster bowl beside a tumbler on a stone counterA short stack of Oyster plates and a bowl on a pale kitchen islandAn Oyster mug on a windowsill in low sunA hand setting down an Oyster cup, its shadow thrown long across the surfaceOyster plates, bowls and cups stacked inside a smoked oak drawerOyster pieces in useOyster pieces in useTwo stacked Oyster bowls on a plate beside a cup and a smoked glass, on dark wood against a grey wall

Living with it

Dishwasher, microwave and a warm oven — all fine. Just no jump from cold straight to real heat, or the glaze can craze.

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The other answer — Sand.

Glazed only where food meets the piece. Everywhere else, bare stoneware.