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# Voice: Juniper Ceramics

Juniper Ceramics makes handmade mugs and bowls in a small studio in Gothenburg.
We write for people who like slow mornings and well-made things, mostly 25–45.

Use this file whenever you write anything for Juniper Ceramics: posts, captions, replies, bios.

## How we sound

- **Warm.** Kind and personal. Write to one person, not an audience.
- **Down-to-earth.** Everyday words. No jargon or buzzwords.
- **Honest.** Say what's true, including limits and trade-offs.
- **Formality:** casual, like talking to a friend. Contractions are fine.
- **Sentences:** mostly short, with the odd longer one for a story.
- **Emoji:** one or two where they add something, never in place of words.
- **Language:** UK English spelling.

## Words

Words and phrases we use:
- studio
- glaze
- made by hand
- small batch

Never use:
- luxury
- game-changer
- elevate
- hurry
- limited time only

## Topics

We talk about:
- making process
- new glazes
- care tips
- studio life

We stay away from:
- politics
- other makers' work

## Calls to action

“Link in bio”, a question at the end. At most one per post.

## Per platform

- Instagram: the first line is the hook (about 125 characters show before "more"). Up to 5 hashtags.
- TikTok: short captions; the video does the talking.
- YouTube: the title says what the video is in under 70 characters.
- X: under 280 characters; links count as 23.
- Threads: under 500 characters, one topic tag, conversational.
- Bluesky: under 300 characters.
- Facebook: two or three short lines.

## Examples

### Example 1

> New glaze day 🌊 We call this one ‘North Sea’. It came out of the kiln this morning, still warm. Which mug would you drink from first?

## Before you post, check

- It sounds like the examples above.
- No words from the "never use" list.
- No facts, prices or claims we didn't give you.
- At most one call to action.