Gleena porcelain tableware is hand poured and crafted in small batches by Asya Palatova in Cleveland, Ohio. Every piece is made from scratch, starting by mixing porcelain slip and glazes using food-safe clays and minerals. ‘Gleena’ means ‘clay’ in Russian. Gleena’s organic shapes, soft sugary colors, and imagery are inspired by Asya’s childhood summers spent at grandma’s country house outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. Surrounded by carefully tended gardens and apple trees, the country house was a gathering place for family and friends. Evocative of those leisurely days, the gleena line is meant to be used on a daily basis.