Aske & Ler

Walk through the gateway on Guldbergsgade, past the bikes and the bins, and the shopfront is waiting at the back of the courtyard: one long table of cups, bowls and jugs, all thrown, glazed and fired by the two potters who work behind it.

Every cup leaves here a little bit wrong, which is how you know a hand made it.

The stoneware is grey-brown and heavy in the hand, finished in an ash glaze that pools green in the bottom of each bowl. Seconds sit on a low shelf by the door at half price, and nobody minds if you pick up every cup to find the one that fits your thumb.

On Saturday mornings four wheels come out for beginners’ classes. They book out about a month ahead, so sign up early, and expect to go home with clay under your nails and two pots to collect after firing.