Questions and answers

At Długie Ogrody 6A in Gdańsk, in Śródmieście (the city centre) — five minutes’ walk from the Green Gate. Cross the bridge over the Motława, walk across Granary Island to Stągwie Mleczne (the Milk Cans towers) and turn right straight after the second bridge, along the river. We’re in a row of four townhouses by Szopy street, a little to the side of Długie Ogrody, so it’s easy to walk past us: in the first two from the bridge, with the entrance in the second.

Step-by-step directions and a map are on the Visit us page.

Six days a week:

Monday

10:00–15:00

Tuesday

closed

Wednesday

10:00–18:00

Thursday

11:00–20:00

Friday

11:00–20:00

Saturday

11:00–20:00

Sunday

11:00–20:00

Now and then, in special cases, the hours may change — the current ones are always on Google Maps.

By card, in cash, or with BLIK (a Polish mobile payment).

Yes, we speak English in the shop — and this site has an English version, which you’re reading.

Yes, we have gift vouchers. Ask in the shop or write to [email protected].

Handmade work: ceramics (dishware, decorations, lamps), jewellery, posters, linocuts, paintings, perfume and hand-sewn sketchbooks. Almost everything is made in studios in and around Gdańsk, and now and then something comes from further afield in Poland. For everything on the shelf, you know who made it and where it comes from.

You’ll find all the makers on the Makers page, and every new delivery is written up in the Journal.

Yes and yes. The first thing you’ll hear from us is: you can touch — and so can children. There’s a sofa and a few other places to sit, and usually water and something sweet. Nobody will hurry you along.

Yes. Ania gives one-to-one calligraphy lessons, and we both run ceramic painting workshops — for one person or a small group, at a time we arrange together.

We can also put a workshop together to order, for example as a gift: calligraphy, ceramics, or something with one of our makers. Dźwiedźma, for one, runs bookbinding workshops where you sew your own notebook.

The easiest thing is to write or call: +48 739 016 359, [email protected].

We can help with that: tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll put you in touch with the maker or pass the order on. Each maker has their own rules, timelines and policies, though, so whether and when it can be done is up to them.

Usually yes — and that’s down to the technique: a high firing and a glaze make a vessel waterproof.

Ceramics are made either to be looked at or to be used, and those take different techniques. If handmade work has let you down before, it was probably made to be looked at. We keep both kinds here, so we’ll tell you about the particular one.

If it’s under the glaze, no. It lies beneath a layer of melted glass, and to damage it you would have to grind the glaze off with a diamond file. A mug you drink from every day will look the same today, in a year and in ten years — as long as you don’t drop it.

Gold is the exception: it goes on top of the glaze, so those we wash by hand — or accept that in a dishwasher the gold will wear away sooner.

Kasia and Ania — we make things by hand ourselves and have our own studios in Gdańsk. Kasia makes porcelain and stoneware for everyday use; Ania paints, makes ceramics and does calligraphy. The whole story is on the About page.

Write to [email protected] — ideally with a few photographs and a short note about your technique. You don’t have to be from around here: write from anywhere in Poland. We work on commission from sales, settled monthly, with no fixed fees. The rest we put in a contract.