Mugs & cups
Salt Flat mug
The everyday mug, thrown a little heavier than it needs to be.
4848.00 Australian dollars
Made in Fremantle, Western Australia
Speckled stoneware and hand-raised copper, thrown and hammered on two benches
Etta Brandis fires the kiln every ten days. Everything on this site came out of it — mugs with a raw clay foot, shallow bowls that stack, and pour-over kettles raised from a single copper sheet.
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Mugs & cups
Speckled stoneware with a raw clay foot, sized for a long flat white.
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Bowls
Shallow, stackable and heavy enough to stay put on the bench.
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Copper
Pour-over kettles and drippers raised by hand, one sheet at a time.
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Sets
Our favourite pieces grouped together at a bundle price.
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Everything we make
Eight pieces, all from the Fremantle kiln and the copper bench. Filter on the left.
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Mugs & cups
Clay Foot tumbler
A handleless cup for short coffee, water or whatever is going.
3434.00 Australian dollars
Bowls
Reef Break bowl
A wide, shallow bowl that breaks pale green over the rim.
5656.00 Australian dollars
Sets
South Terrace bowl set of four
Four dinner bowls, two glazes, packed to travel.
198198.00 Australian dollarsLow stock
- Free shipping over $150 AUD
- Made in the Fremantle workshop
- Dispatched in 1–3 business days
Copper
Bathers Beach copper pour-over kettle
Hand-raised copper, a slow swan neck, a bare timber handle.
240240.00 Australian dollars
Copper
Cantonment copper dripper
A hammered cone that sits square on a mug or a carafe.
9696.00 Australian dollars
One room, two materials
Etta Brandis throws every pot and raises every kettle on the same two benches in Fremantle, and the kiln is fired roughly every ten days. Whatever comes out of it is exactly what you see on this page.
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Vases
Arthur Head vase
A tall, narrow-necked vase for two or three stems, no more.
130130.00 Australian dollarsLow stock
Sets
Kelp & Copper starter set
Two mugs, two everyday bowls and the copper dripper, boxed together.
185185.00 Australian dollars
What people say
Example content for this demonstration shop. These are illustrative reviews, not real customer feedback.
“The Salt Flat mug is the one I reach for every morning. The clay foot means it never slides on the bench, and the glaze has not dulled in eight months.”
Marnie — North Fremantle, WA
“Packed properly — three layers of paper and a card cradle — and it arrived in Melbourne in four days without a chip.”
Dev — Brunswick, VIC
“The copper kettle is heavier than I expected, which turned out to be the point. It pours slowly and evenly. It does need a polish every few weeks.”
Josephine — Toowong, QLD
“Bought the starter set as a housewarming gift and ended up ordering a second one for us. Enquiry about a glaze colour was answered the same day.”
Tom — Glenelg, SA
Two benches, one kiln, and clay we know the source of
Etta Brandis started Kelp & Copper in 2018 with a second-hand wheel and a kiln that took a fortnight to wire in. The workshop has grown by exactly one bench since — the copper bench, where sheet stock is annealed and raised into kettles and drippers.
The stoneware body is blended from Western Australian clays and fired to 1280°C, which is why the pieces feel heavier than they look and will take a dishwasher without complaint. Glazes are mixed in the workshop, so colour shifts slightly between firings.
Nothing is outsourced and nothing is drop-shipped. If a piece has a mark on it, someone here put it there, usually on purpose.
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