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Thrown, not moulded
Every piece starts as a lump of clay on a wheel, not a cast. That means a little variation from piece to piece — the mark of a hand, not a defect.
About
Clay, wheel,
glaze, kiln.
KILN is a studio pottery shop. Every plate, bowl, mug and vase is thrown and glazed by hand in small batches, then fired to a finish built to sit on a table for years, not seasons.
02
Glazed on purpose
Matte, glossy, speckled, raw or reactive — every glaze is chosen for how it wears at the table, not just how it photographs on day one.
03
Honest by default
The cart is real, the checkout total is real math, and the confirmation says plainly that no order is placed. Nothing here pretends to be a backend it isn't.
In the studio
From a lump of clay to a piece on your table.
Honest by default
Every product photograph on this site is real, self-hosted photography — downloaded once, converted to lightweight webp, and committed to the repository. No runtime hotlinking, no external image requests, and every image ships with its real width and height, so nothing shifts on the page while it loads.
The storefront itself runs entirely in your browser: no backend, no API calls. Adding to cart and placing an order update local state directly, persisted to this browser's localStorage — instant, and honestly labelled as a demo. Nothing is ever charged and no order is transmitted anywhere.
The filter engine
Every field below is declared once, in one data file, and the shop keeps working:
piece
Piece
Plates · Bowls · Mugs & Cups · Vases · Serveware
glaze
Glaze
Matte · Glossy · Speckled · Raw · Reactive
material
Material
Stoneware · Porcelain · Earthenware
collection
Collection
Everyday · Heritage · Studio · Seasonal
setSize
Set size
Single · Set of 4 · Set of 8