Home / Collections / Spark Joy / Nerikomi Candlestick Holder | Fern Taylor
Blue Green Check Nerikomi Candlestick Holder | Fern Taylor | Shop Fodder

Nerikomi Candlestick Holder | Fern Taylor

Fern Taylor

£22.00
| /

In stock

Before you buy, check you’re on shop fodder DOT COM. It’s the only place to order our work, and the only site run by us. If anything looks off, email hello at shop fodder DOT COM and we’ll help.

Fern Taylor hand-builds each Candle Holder using nerikomi, a traditional Japanese technique of layering coloured clays so the pattern runs all the way through the piece rather than sitting on the surface. Nothing is painted on. Every square of the pattern is clay itself, dyed and worked into natural off-white stoneware, then built up slowly and revealed as the form takes shape.

Finished with a gloss glaze that gives it a soft shine, it holds a single dinner candle and brings a bit of pattern and colour to the table or the mantel. Colourways vary with each batch, so choose from the designs shown.

Because of the nature of nerikomi, no two are ever the same. Your candle holder will be entirely its own, shaped by the unpredictability of the process, which is rather the point.

The details

  • Hand-built stoneware, nerikomi technique
  • Original motif by Fern, colourways vary with each batch
  • Gloss glaze
  • Holds a standard dinner candle
  • Approx. 7.5cm wide at the base x 8cm high
  • Each piece is unique, so yours will vary from the one photographed
  • Made by Fern Taylor in Deptford, London

Please note that due to the handmade nature of all products, the dimensions, colours, glazes etc. may vary from piece to piece. The image here is for illustration purposes only and you may not receive the actual piece featured in the image.

Click here to see our FAQ's and for information on Delivery & Shipping or Returns & Refunds. 

MEET THE MAKER

Fern Taylor

Maker Details

Location

Deptford, London

Main Materials

Stoneware

Technique

Nerikomi

Making Since

2020

In the Fodder Fold Since

2025

As Seen In
Bio

Fern Taylor is a ceramicist specialising in Nerikomi, a traditional Japanese technique that involves layering coloured clays to create intricate, patterned surfaces. Fern's practice is rooted in a celebration of colour, pattern, and composition—qualities that stem from her background in painting, which she studied at university before transitioning into ceramics. This shift from two-dimensional to three-dimensional making was initially driven by a desire to work more intuitively with material and form, using Nerikomi as a means to explore the intersection of pattern, repetition, and the unpredictability of process. Each piece is built slowly, allowing the organic patterns to take shape.