ANTA Stories
A Vessel with Many Lives - The Candle Beaker
At first glance, it’s the beauty that draws you in. Hand-poured wax, delicate colour pairings, and timeless ANTA designs. But the charm of our candle beakers doesn’t stop when the...
A Vessel with Many Lives - The Candle Beaker
At first glance, it’s the beauty that draws you in. Hand-poured wax, delicate colour pairings, and timeless ANTA designs. But the charm of our candle beakers doesn’t stop when the...
How we do it - Decorating
Everything we make at ANTA is made by hand. Training, a degree of natural ability, together with hours of practice, makes for the perfect piece. Our stoneware is decorated entirely...
How we do it - Decorating
Everything we make at ANTA is made by hand. Training, a degree of natural ability, together with hours of practice, makes for the perfect piece. Our stoneware is decorated entirely...
How We Do It - Glazing
We mix our own glazes which we apply by hand to each piece. First we glaze the inside and then the outside. This technique allows us to vary the colours...
How We Do It - Glazing
We mix our own glazes which we apply by hand to each piece. First we glaze the inside and then the outside. This technique allows us to vary the colours...
How We Do It - Slip Casting
Certain of the shapes we use are better cast rather than moulded and for this method of production we prepare the clay differently. We still use plaster moulds, but these...
How We Do It - Slip Casting
Certain of the shapes we use are better cast rather than moulded and for this method of production we prepare the clay differently. We still use plaster moulds, but these...
How we do it - Making Clay
Making ceramic stoneware is merely cooking on an industrial scale. First we select our raw materials; ball clay, which comes from Devon, is dug from the river bed. We weigh...
How we do it - Making Clay
Making ceramic stoneware is merely cooking on an industrial scale. First we select our raw materials; ball clay, which comes from Devon, is dug from the river bed. We weigh...
Original Tartan Stoneware
It’s over forty one years since we introduced black and white Macfarlane tartan on stoneware. Without knowing I was the first to decorate tartan on ceramic tableware and I did...
Original Tartan Stoneware
It’s over forty one years since we introduced black and white Macfarlane tartan on stoneware. Without knowing I was the first to decorate tartan on ceramic tableware and I did...