Cleveland-based artist Asya Palatova creates handmade porcelain tableware, bowls, cups, plates, serving pieces, and wall art inspired by native plants, animals, birds, insects, and natural phenomena. Each piece is handcrafted in her studio using a custom-formulated porcelain slip: light yet strong, with a luminous surface that holds the memory of the maker's hand.

What began as a hobby has become a lifelong practice: a space of creative renewal shaped by craftsmanship, intuition, and deep respect for process. Asya also formulates her own food-safe glazes, layering colors that overlap like distant landscapes in the firing. No two pieces are alike.

What starts as liquid porcelain becomes something singular. As the kiln transforms glaze into motion and surface into story, unexpected textures emerge; misty lines, soft edges where color pools, and subtle variations that make each piece unique. Even bowls cast from the same mold reveal their own quiet individuality.

Rooted in memory, her work draws inspiration from summers at her grandmother's country cottage — lush gardens, apple trees, linen tablecloths, birdsong, and the slow unfolding of shared meals. The warmth of those moments lives on in every piece.

Gleena dishes are made to be used, held, shared, and lived with. Whether a morning cup of tea, a family meal, or a favorite serving bowl brought out year after year, these handmade porcelain pieces are designed to become part of everyday rituals. They offer a pause, a return to simplicity, and a way to savor the beauty tucked inside ordinary moments.

Asya holds an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design (2004). After fourteen years in Rhode Island, she returned to Cleveland to be near family and now works from a quiet studio in Cleveland's Clark-Fulton neighborhood.

Visitors are welcome by appointment and during open studio events. The studio is located at 3619 Walton Avenue, just minutes from Tremont and Ohio City.

Currently not accepting wholesale or custom orders.