Hands hand-pinching a small black clay ceramic companion in Jingdezhen

Hand-pinched in Jingdezhen

Soot & Sprout Studio

Tiny clay companions for quiet rituals.

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Made slowly

Not perfectly uniform.
Made to keep quiet company.

Every small companion begins as a pinch of clay in Jingdezhen. No molds, no identical expressions: only fingerprints, rough mineral texture, and intentionally odd proportions.

Hands shaping a small black maifanite clay dog companion on a worn wood table

A trace of the hand

Small gestures, held in clay.

We leave the clay unglazed, so its grain, pores, and hand-worked marks stay present. The black Soot Series blends maifanite mineral powder with ceramic clay before firing: a raw, speckled surface for carrying a personal scent.

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From Jingdezhen, for shelves, desks, tea tables, and the little pauses in between.