Clay, cliff, slow hands.

A working ceramics studio above the Aegean, on the Tsagarada–Mouresi road in eastern Pelion. Classes, residency, and a small gallery shop. Founded 2014.

Cliff Vessel No. 14

tall stoneware vessel, ash-glazed rim, unglazed body. €280

Damouchari Bowl

wide porcelain serving bowl, seawater-slip interior. €145

Tsagarada Cup (set of 2)

espresso porcelain cups, wood-ash glaze. €68

Olive Branch Plate

hand-built stoneware, impressed olive leaf border. €92

Bud Vase No. 09

tiny porcelain bottle, copper-red rim. €54

Lidded Jar — Wood Kiln

Volos red stoneware, naturally ash-glazed. €310

Niki Vlachou

Demertzis
— Founder & lead teacher

“Three days at ClifftopVillage and I came home with two bowls and a different relationship to my hands. Niki taught me how to centre on the second morning, after I had been swearing at the wheel for an entire day. The lunch on the terrace, with Theofilos's tomatoes, was as memorable as the throwing.”
Eleni Papathanasiou (Athens)
“I was the 2024 summer resident. Five weeks, my own cottage, a single Skutt KM-1227, and the entire cliff. The Limoges porcelain that came out of cycle 058 is now in three Italian galleries. I will be back as a paying student next year.”
Marco Reali (Bologna
IT)
“I bought the Cliff Vessel No. 7 for my mother's eightieth birthday. The way the unglazed Volos red sits on the table — it is the same colour as the road from our village. She cried. So did I, a little. Worth every euro.”
Aphrodite Karagiannis (Volos)
“I have bought from the gallery shop four times since 2019. The Damouchari Bowl I use every Sunday for olives, and the Tsagarada espresso cups are the only ones in the house my father will drink coffee from. The wax seal on the packaging is the closest thing I have ever seen to a love letter from a small business.”
Stelios Vassiliou (Athens)

Kiln Notes

*Cycle 087: what came out of the wood kiln in August* (14 August 2026) — "Twenty-three pieces, three lost, one unexpected celadon. Notes on the cone-10 schedule and the seawater slip behaviour."

Clay Diary

*Switching from Limnos white to Limoges porcelain* (28 July 2026) — "Two months of test tiles, three failed handles, and the moment a porcelain cup finally rang like a bell."

Visiting Pelion

*Where to eat, swim, and stay near the studio* (15 June 2026) — "Damouchari for swimming, Mylopotamos for the long lunch, and the chestnut forest above Tsagarada when it gets too hot."

The olive press, the kiln, and the cliff.

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