About Little Wren Pottery
Little Wren Pottery is a Father and Daughter team of Chris Baker and Victoria Baker making stoneware pottery in North Yorkshire.
Chris Baker was originally taught to throw at Sunderland College by Ron Mottram and also assisted with teaching during this time. He has an organic design style inspired by travel and nature backed up with a deep technical knowledge of making pots. Chris tends to specialise in making mugs and particularly large or tall objects!
Victoria Baker was taught to throw by her Father in 2009. With a background in graphic design she has a more geometric approach to throwing and continues to learn about all aspects of making pottery. Victoria also handles much of the day-to-day running of the studio including responding to emails and managing social media. She tends to specialise in making yarn bowls and dinner plates.
How your pot was made
Every pot is handmade from white Devonshire stoneware clay in our studio by us. We specialise in hand throwing on a pottery wheel. Once a piece has been thrown it dries out to a leather hard stage at which point excess clay is turned off and it is decorated by hand.
From here it’s dried out until all the moisture has evaporated and then loaded into a biscuit firing and finally to a glaze firing. We spray all of our pots with food safe glazes and they are fired to 1250°C in the glaze kiln. The process to completing any finished object takes 3-4 weeks.
How to care for stoneware pottery
Stoneware pottery can be cleaned in the dishwasher or hand washed. All the pottery we make is suitable for use in the microwave and oven.
It is not recommended to expose pots directly to naked flames. Take care when stacking pots together as this can increase the risk of damage.
Do you teach classes?
Unfortunately at the moment we do not teach classes due to the small studio space that we currently occupy. We’re a working ceramics studio rather than a teaching environment or retail shop.