About Solenne

Laid with care

Hand-painted clay pots and pressed terracotta dishes, seen from above
White ceramic cup and saucer on a wooden table

A table is where the day slows down. We shape the plates, bowls and cups that make that pause feel generous. Honest clay, glazes with real depth, and forms that sit well in the hand and stack well on the shelf.

What we see

Tables where nothing matches too neatly and everything belongs. A chipped favourite sits beside something new, the good plates come out on a Tuesday, and every piece is used every single day.

What we do

Solenne makes dinnerware in small collections, fired in batches and finished by hand. We work with cooks and hosts to get the weight, the rim and the glaze right before a piece earns its place.

Stacks of handmade clay bowls
Piles of fired clay bowls and lids in terracotta and dark grey

From clay

Solenne began at one wheel in a shared studio, with six plates made for a friend's restaurant. The plates outlasted the menu. We have kept the same habits since: test every glaze on real food, and never release a shape we would not eat from ourselves.

Material

Craft

Colour

Use

Hand-painted ceramic cup on a saucer
Pale green ceramic teapot on a dark red table
White ceramic cups on a rack
Carved white ceramic mugs on a shelf

What we hold to

Clay comes first

Every collection starts with the clay body. We choose stoneware for its strength and its quiet texture, then build each form around what the material does well instead of forcing it.

Finished by hand

Moulds give us consistency and hands give us character. Each rim is trimmed and each foot is sanded by a person, which is why no two pieces are quite identical.

Glazes with depth

We mix our own glazes and fire them hot, so colour pools in the curves and breaks over the edges. It shifts with the light, and it looks better with food on it.

Made for every day

Dinnerware should be used, not kept for best. Ours stacks neatly, goes in the dishwasher, and is glazed to stand up to knives, forks and years of washing.

White plate with a green garland border
Blue and white porcelain plate painted with birds and flowers
Earthenware bowl painted with a green and brown leaf pattern
Porcelain plate with a turquoise and gilt border and a bird at the centre
Earthenware bowl painted with a bird
Porcelain saucer with a ring of colour samples

Find the pieces for your table

Browse every plate, bowl and cup we make, and build a set that suits the way you eat.

Explore collections
Plate with a green landscape inside a red patterned border
Earthenware bowl painted with a swirling floral pattern
Maiolica plate painted with a landscape scene in blue and yellow
White plate with a green garland border
Blue and white porcelain plate painted with birds and flowers
Earthenware bowl painted with a green and brown leaf pattern
Porcelain plate with a turquoise and gilt border and a bird at the centre
Earthenware bowl painted with a bird