Fermenting vessels

for those who love

to ferment

These handcrafted vessels offer a lifetime of joy. It’s not only the delicious produce you can make with them; it’s the way they look right at home on your bench.

Emma became hooked on fermentation in 2015 when she attended an Intro to Ferments workshop with Sharon Flynn from The Fermentary. As she lugged home a 15 litre brown crockpot, Emma set herself a challenge to design a small, elegant ceramic crock for today’s modern family.

Her limited edition sauerkraut crock drew on Sharon’s knowledge of fermentation, her own aesthetic and intuitive way with clay, and Jim’s skills in the workshop.

Other projects soon followed, including the kombucha on tap crock, fermenting weights, the kimchi crock and the mini /miso crock.

More projects are in the pipeline. Contact Emma and Jim if you’d like a ceramic solution to your fermenting project.

Our range

Miso crock for the village

limited edition of 99

8 litre capacity

Kefir cylinder strainer

Milk kefir made easy

Fits a standard jar

Fermenting weights

3 weights to fit inside a standard jar.

Super handy.

Pickle pot

for all your quick pickle needs

1150mls capacity

Miso crock for the family

Miso for your family, plus some to share

3 litre capacity

Fermenting crock

Good things come in small packages.

2.9 litre capacity

Cheese forms

Designed for the cheese maker at home.

Superbly functional.

fermenting crock

Our handcrafted porcelain crock has been designed to be beautiful and functional. It incorporates an inbuilt airlock that is filled with water; to allow the gas produced during fermentation to bubble out and stop the outside air from coming in to potentially ruin your ferment. It can be used to brew anything that is better fermented with an airlock. 

A suggestion from fermenting legend Sharon Flynn had us engineer the lid to cleverly cover the inbuilt airlock and reduce evaporation from the water well.

The crock is glazed inside with a clear gloss and comes with custom weights hand-built in stoneware clay.

Satin white glaze on the outside as a standard - email me a request if they are sold out in store. Other options available as one off editions of sheen and colour. Please head to the shop for options.

Capacity - 2.9 litres / 2 cabbages

17cm L x 17cm W x 18.5cm H

$400

fermenting weights

Made to fit inside a standard Ball Mason jar to keep your veggies safely under brine.

Hand made using stoneware clay.

The weights are glazed on top with a clear gloss and come with a calico bag for storing.

Each one approx 7cm L x 4cm W x 3cm H

Diameter of all three approx 9.5cm

$69

cheese forms

Giving the modern cheesemaker a choice besides plastic.

Designed for the natural cheesemaker, these ceramic forms are made with a porcelain clay for strength, fired to a lower temperature for slight porosity, and intentionally left unglazed. Seen first hand with David Asher, author of The Art of Natural Cheesemaking, these ceramic cheese forms used alongside plastic ones simply makes a better cheese. Wash them in whey at the end of your cheesemaking session, leave them to dry and store on the shelf until needed. The beneficial microbes absorbed into the form will have gone to sleep but, rest assured, will wake up when you use it again, making your next cheese even tastier.

Brick - $58

Length - 10.5cm x width - 6.5cm x height - 5.5cm

Crottin - $75

Diameter - 8cm x height - 113cm

Pyramid- $85

Top - 11cm x base - 4cm x height - 13.5cm

Camembert - $85

Diameter - 13.5cm x height - 10.5cm

Miso crock

Our handcrafted porcelain crock will safely hold your miso for a year as it ferments and develops into the nourishing flavour rich product you can, and will, use everyday.

Your crock comes with a beeswax wrap to cover, a set of 3 custom made weights, and a small porcelain cup designed to easily gather the tamari at the end of the ferment.

Like many of the fermented foods that have gained favour in recent years, making miso is a beautiful transformative process best done in the company of others. ‘Ferment for Good’ by the fabulous Sharon Flynn has a miso recipe, and you will need 1.5kgs of dried soy beans to fill the crock.

The crock is glazed inside with a clear gloss and matte black on the outside. Weights made with stoneware clay.

Wax wraps made using lightweight cotton and wax from our hives.

Capacity - 8 litres

Diameter - 22cm

Height with lid - 21.5cm

$575

Pickle pot

Our porcelain pickle pot was designed in 2019 when Nancy Hatchisu came to Australia for Hakkō, the Japanese Ferment Festival hosted by The fabulous Fermentary at The Longhouse. 

A delicious accompaniment to your meal, quick pickles are quick! Slice some vegetables, lightly salt and massage, pack tight in your pickle pot and weight. Leave to pickle in their own juices for a few hours, or longer in the fridge. So so good. 

The pickle pot is also a perfect pot to raise your levain before baking a loaf of sourdough, and the weight fits in our camembert form, ideal for pressing your cheese.

Standard options - white or black

The pot is glazed with a clear gloss inside, satin white or black outside and a custom stoneware weight

Pot capacity - 1150mls

Diameter at top - 14cm

Height - 10.5cm

Weight of weight - 350grams

$115

kefir strainer

A superbly functional porcelain strainer to make your milk kefir making even easier.

Put your strainer in a clean jar, pop in your grains, and fill with milk. Cover with muslin and leave until the kefir is to your liking.  A wooden chopstick is ideal for swirling and separating the milk from grains after fermenting, and simply transfer your strainer to a clean jar, fill with milk and cover with muslin. Lid your fermented kefir, shake, degas, and refrigerate. Every 5 or 6 cycles, give your strainer a rinse, and in warmer weather, wipe the rim both inside and out if it’s getting ‘crusty’ 

Fits a range of glass jars, including Fowlers and Ball Mason

Glazed with a clear gloss inside and out for easy cleaning.

Outer edge 86mm D, inner edge (to fit in your jar) 69mm D, 120mm H

$75

Mini Miso crock

Kefir cylinder strainer

A stunning addition to the fermenting vessel range, the mini miso crock will make enough miso for your family, plus some to share with friends.

Your crock comes with a beeswax wrap to cover, custom made weights, and a small porcelain cup designed to easily gather the tamari at the end of the ferment. 

Glazed with a clear gloss on the inside, and a black gloss on the outside. Weights made with stoneware clay and glazed with a clear satin. Weights approx 500 grams. Wax wrap made with light weight cotton and wax from our hives.

Capacity 3 litres

Heights 20cm

Diameter at base 17.5cm

$350

A superbly functional porcelain strainer to make your milk kefir making even easier.

Put your strainer in a clean jar, pop in your grains, and fill with milk. Gently stir to get the microbes moving, cover with muslin and leave until the kefir is to your liking.  A wooden implement is ideal for swirling and separating the milk from grains after fermenting, and simply transfer your strainer to a clean jar, fill with milk and cover with muslin. Lid your fermented kefir, shake, degas, and refrigerate. Every 5 or 6 cycles in warmer weather, give your strainer a rinse, and feel free wipe the rim both inside and out if it’s getting ‘thick’ 

Fits a range of glass jars, including Fowlers and Ball Mason

Glazed with a clear gloss inside and out for easy cleaning.

Outer edge at handles 95mm D, inner edge (to fit in your jar) 69mm D, 135mm H

$90