Caring for handmade stoneware
Simple habits that keep your pottery looking new for years.
From wet clay to your table: a firing cycle
Why a mug takes three weeks to make, and what happens in the kiln.
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Notes from Suduman Studio
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
Your first wheel class: what to expect
Wear old clothes, cut your nails and do not expect a perfect bowl.
Choosing a mug: size, handle and weight
Why 350 ml suits filter coffee with milk, how a handle should fit your fingers and what weight feels right in the hand.
Ordering handmade pottery for Deepavali gifts
Our last firing dates before the festival, how to plan a gift order and how we pack it so it arrives in one piece.
How we develop a glaze: the lagoon blue story
Forty test tiles, three months and a lot of disappointment: how a new glaze goes from notebook to kiln.
A potter’s day out from White Town to Villianur
Terracotta workshops, a temple chariot and a quiet lake: a half-day route around Puducherry for anyone who loves clay.
Crazing, pinholes and seconds: what counts as a flaw
Which marks are part of handmade pottery and which ones mean a piece is sold as a second, explained plainly.
Why a handmade mug costs ₹850
Clay, glaze, a dozen pairs of hands and two kiln firings: the real cost of our speckled stoneware mug.
Custom orders for cafés and restaurants: what to expect
From the first sample to the delivery of 200 cups: how we work with cafés, restaurants and hotels on custom tableware.
Firing dates and studio sales, first.
One message every second Friday, when the kiln opens.