Promised dates. Kiln lots. Time in the price.

Ceramic, wood, and textile commissions sit on a kiln or dye lot, a promised ship date, and hours in the ask. Hearth is the handmade bench for the studio — not a listing marketplace.

Open the bench→ Intake a commission

Hands throwing a clay vessel on the studio wheel

Stacked handmade ceramic plates on a studio shelf

Ceramics

Ash plates wait on kiln K-14.

A made-to-order dinner set is a lot, a cone, and a date. Past promised is flagged on the ware board — not buried in email.

Lot B-882 · 4.5 hours in the askLate · 12 Aug

Hand-built oak serving board with ceramic tea bowls

Wood

Oil finish is a stage, not a vibe.

The oak board is a commission. Until the finish date is honest, it does not ship. Labour hours stay on the ticket.

Commission · oil finishPromised 8 Sep

Loom tools and undyed wool on the weaver table

Textiles

Dye lot D-07 before the throw ships.

Handmade wool waits on a dye lot the same way clay waits on a kiln. No lot on the record, no ship date.

Dye lot D-07 · finishingPromised 2 Sep

Cost of a piece

Materials, then hours, then the ask.

Clay is cheap. Time is not. Margin is what remains after glaze, firing, and the hours on the wheel — not after materials alone.

Clay + glaze$27

Labour 4.5h$189

Ask$248

After time$32

Per-piece ledger

Ash plates ×4 · batch B-882

Repeatable dinner set. Kiln K-14. Promised 12 Aug — already late, so the labour is spent and the ship date has to move before payout.

Clay, ash glaze, firing$27

4.5 hours at $42$189

Ask on the order$248

Margin after maker time$32

Take payment

Charge the piece. Hours stay in the ask.

Stripe Checkout opens on the unpaid order total. The till cannot type a price. A commission with no kiln or dye lot still cannot ship, and a listed piece with no captured payment is not sold.

Collect on the piece→ Order payments

Stripe CheckoutCard on Stripe. Amount from the unpaid order row.
Server totalClay, labour hours, and promised date stay on the ticket. The till does not take a typed amount.
CapturedStripe marks the order captured. Then the kiln queue can promise a ship date.

Intake the commission. Stamp the kiln lot. Price the hours.

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