Grain

Made by Hand

Category
Brand
Year
2026
Place
Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport
For
Oak & Ember Ceramics (fictional)
Frames
06
Shot on
Full-frame mirrorless

Oak & Ember is a three-person ceramics studio that wanted a body of work for its website, its stockists and its packaging. We worked for one full day. No models, no props brought from outside: just the potters, the wheel and the shelf of unglazed work.

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  1. 01 Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport

    The hero image for the studio's homepage. Window light from the left, nothing else.

    Full-frame mirrorless, 85mm f/1.8, 1/200 s, f/2.8, ISO 640

    On the wheel

  2. 02 Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport

    Cropped to the shelf: a texture image for packaging and stockist sheets.

    Full-frame mirrorless, 85mm f/1.8, 1/200 s, f/2.8, ISO 640

    The shelf

  3. 03 Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport

    Product-adjacent, but with a hand in it. Stockists respond to that.

    Full-frame mirrorless, 85mm f/1.8, 1/200 s, f/2.8, ISO 640

    Bowl

  4. 04 Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport

    A styling test for the studio's kitchen range: bowls with fruit.

    Full-frame mirrorless, 100mm f/2.8 macro, 1/200 s, f/2.8, ISO 640

    On linen

  5. 05 Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport

    Made for the About page: no face, just the work.

    Full-frame mirrorless, 85mm f/1.8, 1/200 s, f/2.8, ISO 640

    Hands

  6. 06 Oak & Ember Ceramics, Alderport

    The quiet edge of the day, after the wheel stopped.

    Full-frame mirrorless, 85mm f/1.8, 1/200 s, f/2.8, ISO 640

    Window

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