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Skio Pottery

A two-potter studio on the Waternish peninsula, looking over Loch Bay, with a croft box that never shuts.

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On the Waternish peninsula, on the way to Stein, a larch-clad studio looks out over Loch Bay towards the Outer Hebrides.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

This is Skíō Pottery, where Kayti Peschke and Luke Seaton throw small batches of stoneware for the table and the home: mugs, bowls, vases and espresso cups, many left partly raw so you can feel the clay in your hand.

Their colours come from the island around them, the greys and browns of rock and weather, and Luke's pieces lean towards clean, brutalist lines. Their work is made for everyday use, meant to be picked up and used rather than kept on a shelf, and it is easy to call in whenever you pass along the peninsula road. To see them at the wheel, get in touch first, then pair the visit with a drink at the Stein Inn, just along the road.

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Before you go

The croft box by the studio is always open.

To see the potters at work, call, message or email ahead first.

Where
On the Waternish peninsula in the north of Skye, a couple of miles from the Fairy Bridge and about a mile before Stein.
Croft box
Always open, with an honesty box that takes cash and cards.
The studio
They work there most days and welcome visitors who arrange it first, by phone, message or email.

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A man holding a small dog stands beside a woman before a sign reading 'skíõ pottery' on a timber-clad building.
Did you know

Bought without seeing it.

Kayti Peschke and Luke Seaton made an offer on the house after a virtual viewing, and only saw it in person months later. They moved 440 miles from York in early 2023.

Glazed stoneware bowls and small lidded pots with wooden spoons are arranged on a patterned cloth.
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From a birthday table to the kitchen.

Weeks after they arrived, they booked the Three Chimneys for Luke's 40th. A year later their plates were on the tables there, at Colbost, and at the Three Chimneys at Talisker too.

A woman in a green beanie centres a lump of clay on a pottery wheel beside shelves of finished pots.
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Hooked in two hours.

Kayti took her mum to a pottery workshop for Mother's Day, and by the end of the two hours she was hooked. Plant pots soon filled the house.

Rows of dark ceramic cups sit on an outdoor table overlooking a bay and green hills.
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Basalt by blowtorch.

Some of their coffee tumblers are finished with a blowtorch, giving them a texture like the basalt rock of Skye.

A timber-clad building with a 'Skíõ' directional sign sits behind a gravel forecourt and potted plants.
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Half workshop, half shop.

The studio is a larch-clad building by R House: one half holds the wheel, the other the shop, with a big window looking over Loch Bay to the Outer Hebrides.

Two birds perch on a deck outside a timber-clad building with large picture windows.
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Where it is

On the Waternish peninsula above Loch Bay, about a mile before Stein.

Close byThe places nearest the studio, on Waternish.
  1. The wood-burning stove and menu board in the yurt.YURTea&CoffeeA summer pop-up tea tent with a woodburner and sheepskin seats, run by Skyeskyns.1 mile 2 min by road
  2. SkyeskynsSkyeskynsSheepskin clothing and homewares, made on Skye for nearly 40 years.1 mile 2 min by road
  3. The wood-panelled bar.The Stein Inn BarThought to be the oldest inn on Skye, built around 1800, with a fire, ales on tap and around 130 malts.2 miles 2 min by road
  4. Waternish FarmWaternish FarmA Waternish farm given over to conservation and the local wildlife.2 miles 4 min by road
  5. The Fairy Bridge on Skye: a low stone arch of dark rock carrying the road over a shallow burn, moorland and blue sky beyond.Fairy BridgeA low old bridge over a burn as you enter Waternish, with a story to its name.3 miles 4 min by road
  6. The church ruin inside its walled graveyard.Trumpan ChurchThe roofless ruin of a church on a bare headland at the far end of Waternish.5 miles 7 min by road
  7. Coral BeachCoral BeachA white beach of crushed red seaweed north of Dunvegan, four kilometres there and back from Claigan.11 miles 16 min by road
Directions
Purple honesty box with "Homemade Scottish Tablet" sign beside a fenced hillside pathShoppingDonnie's Tablet Shed5.7 miles
Ruined stone castle walls stand roofless on a grassy clifftop above the seaWalksWaternish Point5.7 miles
The Dunvegan, DunveganDunveganThe DunveganPlace to stay · 6.3 miles
Shelves of books under a sloping ceiling at Waystone Books, a window seat by the window.ShoppingWaystone Books6.4 miles
Whitewashed thatched cottage with a "Regiant Angus Skye Museum" sign outsideAttractionsGiant MacAskill Museum6.4 miles
Dunvegan Bakery and its garden.CafeDunvegan Bakery & Coffee Shop6.7 miles
Stone cottage with millstone in garden, wooden decking and outdoor seatingRestaurantsEdinbane Lodge7.1 miles
White stone building with slate roof, Forest Foto sign, pumpkins by entranceShoppingEdinbane Pottery7.1 miles
Turreted stone castle with arched entrance and flag flying on a grey dayAttractionsDunvegan Castle7.2 miles

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Places to stay near the studio, and when each is next free.

The Dunvegan, DunveganThe Dunvegan
  • To stay
  • In Dunvegan
  • 5 miles from the studio
Check datesWhitewashed cottage with grey slate roof behind a pale blue picket fenceThe Three Chimneys
  • To stay
  • In Colbost
  • 5 miles from the studio
Check datesAn aerial view shows a white and timber-clad house set among autumn trees above a bay dotted with small islands.Lochview
  • Sleeps 4
  • In the Isle of Skye
  • 5 miles from the studio
Check datesA white bungalow with a glazed gable end sits before an autumn hillside, a wooden bench on the lawn in front.Tigh an Tobair
  • Sleeps 8
  • In Colbost
  • 5 miles from the studio
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