Irish Cottage Collection

These pieces were born from observation the sight of abandoned cottages scattered across the west of Ireland, their stone walls slowly returning to the hillside. Something in those ruins demanded to be held, to be carried forward.

The first Irish Cottage oil burner appeared about three years ago, a small thing, the lid simply cut away when the clay reached leather-hard. Over time the form grew larger, the silhouette more considered but the texture was always the heart of it. Hand-carved into the stoneware to echo the rough-coursed stone of real cottage walls, it catches the light in a way that feels less like decoration and more like memory.

From the beginning, the goal was the same: to place a tealight inside and see it glow through the window. That small rectangle of warmth against the carved stone it's the light that was always meant to be there.

The tealight enters through the top opening, which freed the entire vessel to be carved without interruption. A small but deliberate choice that changed everything about how the piece looks and how it feels in your hands.

Each cottage in this collection is unique. Thrown on the wheel, carved by hand, glazed in the muted greens, ochres, and deep blacks of the west coast landscape. Some ideas found their way into double-walled vases and lidded jars the cottage form meeting other making traditions but the oil burner remains where it all began: a ruined wall, a lit window, a place that still holds warmth.