Small Blue on Chocolate Stoneware Side-Fired Round Pots with Shells by Alex Shimwell (2024)

A series of small hand-thrown round stoneware pots by Derbyshire-based potter Alex Shimwell, made in 2024. Each pot features a rich Temuku chocolate matt glaze body, with placed shells and a side-fired Nuka glaze that shifts from blue to green — a technique that produces a dramatic, atmospheric surface unique to each piece.

Compact and beautifully tactile, these pots make a striking decorative statement on a table, shelf, or windowsill. Each carries Alex's distinctive maker's mark.

• Size: 12cm x 13cm (4.25" x 5.25")
• Material: Stoneware
• Glaze: Temuku chocolate matt with side-fired Nuka
• Technique: Hand-thrown, shell placement
• Signed with unique maker's mark
• Made in 2024
• Available individually (AS1, AS2, AS3) or as a Set of Three

Alex Shimwell began potting in the early 2000s in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, taught by master potter Kevin Millward. He now works from his studio in Derbyshire, producing a small, considered body of work in the British studio ceramics tradition.

Shell placement and glaze surfaces vary between pieces — each pot is entirely unique.