Kiln & Tide
Wheel-thrown in coastal Maine

Salt air, warm clay, and small-batch ritual pieces.

Sisters Mara and June Hale shape every run by hand in their Harpswell studio, glazing each form in the quiet colors of fog, mussel shells, and weathered docks.

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Current collection

Made for tide-table mornings and long suppers.

Each piece is fired in small seasonal batches. Variations in glaze flow, rim shape, and iron speckling are part of the point: nothing here is stamped out or over-polished.

Harbor Mug — wheel-thrown terracotta mug with thumb-rest handle and satin fog-blue interior, on weathered driftwood

Harbor Mug

Generous wheel-thrown mug with thumb-rest handle and a satin fog-blue interior.

$38 Best Seller
Tidepool Bowl — low serving bowl with shell-pink wash over dark stoneware, tide-marked rim, on linen with dried sea lavender

Tidepool Bowl

Low serving bowl with shell-pink wash over dark stoneware and a tide-marked rim.

$54 Seasonal
Cliffside Pourer — terracotta pitcher with pinched lip, sanded foot ring, and cream slip drips, with wildflower stems behind

Cliffside Pourer

Pitcher for wildflower stems, cream, or cider with a pinched lip and sanded foot.

$68 Studio Favorite
Breakwater Vase — tall sculptural vessel with brushed sand-and-umber slip and sea-glass blue fingerprint marks at the rim, in golden window light

Breakwater Vase

Tall sculptural vessel with a brushed slip surface that catches evening window light.

$82 Limited Batch
Studio story

Two sisters, one kiln, and a habit of noticing the shoreline.

The studio sits above a working cove in Harpswell, where the sisters sketch glaze tests after the lobster boats pull in and the fog burns off the water.

Kiln & Tide began with shared shelves, borrowed tools, and a promise that every object should earn its place at the table. Mara throws the forms, June mixes the glazes, and both of them handle the trimming, waxing, loading, and sanding that make the finished work feel calm in your hands.

Their palette comes straight from the coast: eelgrass green, bait-box blue, mussel black, and the pale pink you only catch inside a shell. The result is tableware that feels grounded, salt-worn, and ready for daily use instead of a shelf.

Batch size Usually 12 to 24 pieces per firing.
Clay body Iron-rich Maine stoneware with a hand-sanded foot.
Pickup days Fridays and Saturdays by appointment at the studio.
Visit & contact

Ask about the next drop, a custom dinner set, or a quiet afternoon studio visit.

Email for availability, wedding commissions, and wholesale notes. The sisters answer every message themselves from the workbench between firings.

Studio Harpswell, Maine
Open by appointment Friday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm