Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Kiln is not your average caf\u00e9; less a\u00a0caf\u00e9 than a \u201clive gallery,\u201d as co-owner Richard Cullen calls it. In\u00a0this restaurant, pottery studio and ceramics shop in the Ouseburn Valley, a trendy quarter of Newcastle upon Tyne, flat whites and meze, shakshuka and lamb kofta are served on tableware that\u00a0has been thrown and fired by resident potter Jun Rhee in full view of the diners.\u00a0Each of Rhee\u2019s bowls, plates, mugs and\u00a0jugs (from \u00a323) has a distinctive earthy hue and simple silhouette. Customers can also attend sessions to learn how to make them (from \u00a310).\u00a0I try to ignore my education while Jun embraces his ownCullen, a north-east native, studied for a degree in contemporary art in Devon before taking night classes in\u00a0pottery. His first job was making ceramics to sell to restaurants. Today, he\u00a0owns and manages Kiln with business partner Geffen\u00a0Yoeli-Rimmer. Rhee trained as a commercial potter in his South Korean homeland. \u201cI spent 12 hours every day for six years making exactly the same thing,\u201d he\u00a0says of his early work experience. Any bowls that differed from a set shape would be thrown away. Cullen was introduced to\u00a0Rhee via Instagram: the latter was working his way around Europe in an effort to meet different artists. Cullen invited him to join Kiln as co-founder and resident potter, and\u00a0they opened in 2017.Cullen has a huge respect for Rhee\u2019s practice. \u201cI rigorously ignore [my education] where Jun rigorously embraces his,\u201d says Cullen, who adds there is \u201ca greater sense of ego in the west\u201d compared to the east where pottery is understood as the culmination of \u201cmicro-contributions by hundreds and hundreds of generations\u201d. Rhee most admires 19th-century English makers such as William Morris and John Ruskin, while Cullen named his German shepherd after Japanese studio potter Sh\u014dji Hamada. Kiln is the result of this merging of influences: \u201cthe inventiveness you get from spontaneity combined with that diligence and embracing of history\u201d, says Cullen.Kiln sells its wares not only to the public but also to upscale restaurants. Cullen started out \u201ctravelling around the country with a rucksack of ceramics, trying to cold-call Michelin-starred chefs\u201d; today, the studio has supplied tableware to restaurants including Tom Sellers\u2019 Restaurant Story, Claude Bosi at Bibendum and Fitzrovia\u2019s West African venue Akoko. Such renowned chefs are tough customers, Cullen says. They want \u201chandmade\u201d tableware, with \u201cthe inconsistencies that make it characterful and idiosyncratic\u201d, but\u00a0they also seek \u201cthe consistency to retain their Michelin star\u201d.The restaurant at Kiln reflects Yoeli-Rimmer\u2019s Middle Eastern heritage (their arayes, flatbreads stuffed with feta and Swiss chard are a particular favourite) as well as Cullen\u2019s love\u00a0of coffee shops (the two business partners met in one). And, of course, it\u2019s shaped by Cullen\u2019s experience of selling pottery to other businesses; he wanted the care that goes into the making process to be part of the experience.\u00a0Both Cullen and Rhee agree that mugs are their favourite item. While Rhee just likes the word (\u201cit sounds like a hug, and both make you warm\u201d), Cullen is obsessed with crafting the perfect handle, and agonises over details such as stability, grip and\u00a0comfort (together they have settled on\u00a0teardrop-shaped handles, positioned at\u00a0the bottom of the mug). \u201cWe\u2019ve all got mugs in our cupboard that we like more than others,\u201d he says, \u201cand we don\u2019t think about it. Our hand just goes to the one that\u00a0we want to spend time with.\u201d\u00a0This focus on pottery as something to be used, rather than looked at, is at\u00a0the centre of Kiln\u2019s philosophy. As Rhee\u00a0says, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to make beauty. We want to make everyday life\u00a0more beautiful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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