Natural Touch: White & Black Speckle

White speckled glaze is one of my favourite stoneware finishes. I keep coming back to it, handmade collection after collection. There's something about the way the black speckles scatter across the white stoneware — a bit like grains of pepper — that feels both simple and alive. I apply them by hand before firing, and in the kiln they melt and spread differently every time. That's what I love about handmade pottery. No two pieces come out the same.

How this glaze came to be

I wanted a stoneware glaze that would feel at home on a breakfast table, next to a vase of wildflowers, or just sitting on a plain kitchen shelf. Not too fancy, not too plain. The white is soft, the black speckles are bold enough to notice but quiet enough to disappear into your routine. My mug is on my desk as I write this.

What's in this collection

This is my full range of handmade white speckled stoneware — a kitchen set built one piece at a time. You'll find the mugs I reach for every morning, soup bowls for those evenings when you want something warm, the salad bowl that I designed to be the most-used piece in your kitchen, a sugar bowl, a sponge holder, a handmade French butter dish, and a large yarn bowl for those bigger knitting projects.

Every piece is wheel-thrown stoneware, hand-glazed in my studio in Latvia by an independent ceramic artist. The black and white speckle pattern lands differently each time — which means the handmade piece you receive is the only one exactly like it.

Jogita