Bowls for the mornings that matter.

Each piece is thrown by hand, dried for three weeks and fired with the full moon. Made slowly, to be held every day for years.

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Celadon Drag to turn the bowl

A celadon bowl of porridge with figs on a linen table in morning light

A slower kind of morning

Some objects change the way a day begins.

A bowl that fits both hands. A glaze that catches the first light. Lentaterra pieces are made for small daily rituals: porridge before the house wakes, tea with someone you love.

“Every bowl gets a quiet blessing before it goes into the kiln. I want it to carry that into your home.”
Inês, potter

From the October firing

Current pieces

Each piece is one of a kind. When it's gone, the next firing brings its quiet siblings, never its twin.

The Morning Bowl

€68

Celadon · Ø 14 cm · 7 cm · 320 ml

Wide enough for both hands. A small iron spot near the rim, where the glaze ran thin.

The Tea Bowl

€84

Tenmoku · Ø 12 cm · 8 cm · 280 ml

A deep iron glaze that breaks to rust at the rim. Heavier than it looks, made to be held slowly.

The Rice Bowl

€58

Ash · Ø 11 cm · 6 cm · 240 ml

Glazed with ash from the studio's wood stove. Speckled like an egg, with soft honey-coloured runs.

Kiln days

New pieces are born when the kiln opens, around each full moon.

Inês fires her kiln once a month, for twelve hours at 1280 °C. On the morning it opens, the new pieces appear here first.

November firingCeladon and tenmoku

Opens 26 Nov

Winter firingTea bowls for the solstice

Opens 26 Dec

January firingWood-ash glazes

Opens 24 Jan

Hands holding a finished celadon bowl in the studio

Visit

The studio is open on Saturdays.

Come and hold the pieces before you choose. There is always tea, and Inês is usually at the wheel, happy to pause and talk about clay.

Open: Saturdays, 10:00 to 14:00
Where: A small studio near Porto (imagined)
Evenings: Full-moon clay evenings for six guests, €45
Shipping: Across Europe, wrapped in linen with a handwritten card