Mossline Mug
10 oz · thrown porcelain-stoneware
Moss over oat slip
$48
Portland, Oregon — small-batch ceramics studio
Stoneware thrown by hand, in batches small enough to count.
Mugs, bowls, and planters made one at a time in a Portland studio. Each piece is glazed by hand, so no two are alike. New work arrives four times a year — and when a drop is gone, it's gone.
How a drop works
Mossline releases work four times a year instead of restocking continuously. A quarterly batch is what one pair of hands can throw, trim, glaze, and fire well. The list sees everything first.
- I
One batch, one pair of hands
Between firings I throw whatever the quarter allows — usually sixty to ninety pieces. That number is not a marketing decision. It is how much clay one person can centre, trim, glaze and fire without rushing the kiln.
- II
The list previews it first
A week before release, everyone on the drop list gets the full set of photographs: every mug, every bowl, every glaze pooling where it pooled. Pieces are named and numbered so you know exactly which one you are choosing.
- III
Drop day, then nothing
The shop opens at 9am Pacific on a Saturday and closes when the batch is gone. There is no restock. The next glaze tests are already drying on the shelf, and they will not look like these.
The current collection
Everyday stoneware for the table and the windowsill. Hover any piece to see the glaze up close — the pooling, the speckle, the places where the clay shows through.
Morning Bowl
16 oz · wide foot, trimmed deep
Ash pool, iron speckle
$56
Windowsill Planter
4 in · unglazed foot, drainage hole
Bare clay, waxed interior
$64
Low Serving Dish
9 in · hand-cut rim
Clay slip, satin clear
$92
Notes from the studio
Short, photo-led notes on what's on the wheel, what came out of the kiln, and what didn't work. Written between firings — this is the process, not a press release.
Firing 041 — March
The glaze that crawled
Twelve mugs out of the kiln with the moss glaze crawling off the shoulders. Dust on the bisque, almost certainly. Six were salvageable, six went in the shard bucket. Wiping bisque with a damp sponge is now a step, not a suggestion.
On the wheel — February
Making the mug handle thinner
Pulled forty handles trying to lose four millimetres. A handle you forget you are holding is the whole point; a thick one announces itself every sip.
Studio note — January
Why the planters stay bare
Glazing the outside makes a cleaner photograph and a worse pot. Raw stoneware wicks water, darkens unevenly, and eventually looks like it has lived on a windowsill. That is the finish.
Firing 039 — December
Cone 6, held for twenty minutes
Holding the top temperature longer lets the ash glaze settle and heal its own pinholes. Twenty minutes was the difference between a matte that felt dry and one that feels like river stone.
One person, one wheel
Mossline Stoneware is a solo studio in Portland, Oregon. Every piece on this site is thrown, trimmed, glazed, fired, photographed, and packed by the same pair of hands — which is exactly why the batches are small.
- Who
- Hanne Vos — potter, packer, photographer, and the person who answers the email you send.
- Where
- A 320 square foot studio off SE Division in Portland, Oregon. One wheel, one slab roller, one electric kiln named Edith.
- Clay
- A speckled brown stoneware body fired to cone 6. Food safe, dishwasher safe, and happier washed by hand.
- Why small
- Because the alternative is hiring the work out, and then it is no longer the thing I wanted to make.
Join the drop list
The list is how drops happen. You'll get the full preview a week before each release, the direct link on drop day, and a first-name welcome from me — not an automated brand voice. Four drop emails a year plus the occasional studio note. Unsubscribe any time; no resale, ever.
- The full drop preview, one week early, with photographs of every individual piece.
- The direct shop link at 9am Pacific on drop day — before it goes anywhere public.
- Four drop emails a year, plus the occasional note when a firing goes sideways.
- A first-name hello from me. No automated brand voice, no resale of your address, ever.
Join the waitlist
Be the first to get access. Drop your email and we'll reach out the moment we launch.
The first drop is coming. The list goes first.
Dates for the opening release are still being set around the kiln schedule. Add your email and you'll see the preview, the glaze photos, and the link before anyone else.