Everyday mugs
A generous 300 ml, comfortable handle, oatmeal or sea-green glaze.
from £24
Frome · Somerset · est. 2016
Wheel-thrown stoneware, made to be used every day.
A small pottery studio on the edge of town. We throw, glaze and fire everything by hand in little batches — mugs you reach for first, bowls that live on the table, pots that take the knocks.
🤲 Made by hand in small batches
🌿 Food-safe, lead-free glazes
📦 Shipped across the UK, wrapped well
♻️ Seconds sale every season
The collection
Pieces for the kitchen table
Thrown in local stoneware and glazed in a short, calm palette. Each piece is a little different — that’s rather the point.
Dinner & side plates
Sold singly or as a set of four. Stacks neatly, dishwasher-happy.
from £28
Serving bowls
Big enough for a salad for the whole table; a satin matte inside.
from £42
Bud vases
A short, round vase for a single stem on the windowsill.
from £19
At the wheel
Learn to throw with us
Small groups — never more than six at the wheel — so there’s plenty of hands-on time. Clay, tools, glazing and firing are all included; take your pieces home a few weeks later.
Taster evening
One relaxed session at the wheel — throw a couple of small bowls and leave them with us to glaze and fire.
£48 per person
Beginners’ wheel course
From centring to trimming and your first glaze. By the end you’ll have a small set you’ve made start to finish.
£240 for the course
Private & groups
Birthdays, hen dos, team days or a one-to-one. Tell us the date and how many, and we’ll set it up.
from £55 per head
The studio
A converted dairy, two wheels and a lot of clay
Fernbank began in 2016 as a corner of a shared workshop and a single secondhand wheel. These days it’s a small studio in a converted dairy just off the Warminster road, run by Hannah and a rotating cast of resident makers.
We work mostly in a warm local stoneware, fired to 1260°C so it’s tough enough for daily life. Nothing here is trying to be perfect — we like the quiet marks of the hand that made it.
“A good mug disappears into your morning. That’s the whole job.”
Come by
Visit the studio shop
The shelves are open to the public at the end of each week — come and handle the pieces, see what’s fresh out of the kiln, and say hello.
Where
The Old Dairy, Vallis Way
Frome, Somerset BA11 3EG
- Thursday10:00 – 17:00
- Friday10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday09:30 – 16:00
- Sun – Wedstudio days — classes only
hello@fernbank-ceramics.org
01373 000 142