Terra & Ton

Stoneware for soup, toast and Tuesday.

Terra & Ton is Imogen Hale's pottery studio at Wapping Wharf in Bristol. Since 2018 we've been throwing and glazing bowls, mugs, plates and vases by hand, twenty at a time, for tables that actually get used.

Nothing here is too good for the dishwasher queue or the Sunday crumble. Pick it up, fill it, chip it on the edge of the sink one day and love it anyway.

Browse the shop How a pot is made
Drawing of a studio shelf: an Estuary-glazed bowl on a stack of oat plates, a terracotta mug with steam, and a clay-pink vase
One batch. Twenty pots.

Twenty, then the wheel goes quiet.

Every piece at Terra & Ton is thrown and glazed in a small batch of twenty. Imogen throws them in one go, they dry together, take their glaze together and come out of the kiln together, a little family of almost-twins.

When a batch has found its homes, that's it until the next twenty. So every piece in the shop wears a small-batch badge, and plenty are made to order: we throw yours in the next batch and post it once it's cool enough to hold.

What comes off the wheel

Handmade stoneware for the whole table, glazed in earthy colours that look better with food on them.

  • Small batch of 20

    Bowls

    Thrown and glazed stoneware, including the Estuary Bowl

    Made to order in the next batch

  • Small batch of 20

    Mugs

    A proper handle for a proper brew

    Made to order in the next batch

  • Small batch of 20

    Plates

    Wide rims, generous wells, room for seconds

    Made to order in the next batch

  • Small batch of 20

    Vases

    For three tulips or one heroic branch

    Made to order in the next batch

  • Small batch of 20

    Dinner sets

    Bespoke, in small batches. Tell us how many chairs are round your table.

    Always made to order

See everything in the shop

Clay, wheel, glaze, fire.

Four stages, a lot of patience and quite a bit of mud. Here's the short version.

  1. Clay

    Stoneware clay is wedged by hand until it's smooth and free of air.

  2. Throwing

    Each pot is thrown on the wheel, then trimmed once it's leather-hard.

  3. Glazing

    The whole batch of twenty is dipped together, so the colours sit as a family.

  4. Firing

    Into the kiln they go. Opening the door afterwards never gets less exciting.

Read the long version

Posted with care, from Bristol

  • Free UK delivery over £60Wrapped well enough to survive a toddler, a postie and a staircase.
  • EU shipping availableOur pots are happy to travel across the water too.
  • 30-day returnsChanged your mind? Send unused pieces back within 30 days.

Come and find us by the harbour

The studio is a small, clay-dusted unit at Wapping Wharf, a few steps from Bristol's harbourside. Questions about a piece, a bespoke dinner set or a wonky delivery? Write to us and Imogen will get back to you, probably with clay under her nails.

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