A handmade ceramic soap dish pressed from a real leaf into terracotta, cut to the leaf’s silhouette and raised on three small ball feet so soap stays dry.
The making: Hand-built in our garden shed in Scotland from rustic terracotta stoneware clay. A real leaf is pressed into a slab of clay to capture its veining and shape, the dish is then cut around the leaf’s natural outline, edges smoothed, the centre pierced for drainage, and three small ball feet attached. Glazed in white and brown across the top and kiln-fired hard enough to live with daily.
How it looks: The white glaze pools paler across the smooth centre and breaks brown along the carved leaf veining, so the whole leaf shape reads three-dimensional in the right light. The three little ball feet keep it just lifted off the counter; the pierced drainage hole sits at the centre.
Use it for:
- A bar of artisan soap by the bathroom basin or kitchen sink
- A jewellery dish on a dressing table for rings and small earrings
- A trinket dish in a hallway for keys, coins or a small candle
- A housewarming or wedding gift for someone who notices natural detail
- A bathtub-side resting place for a handmade soap bar
A considered gift for the friend who buys real soap, not bottles — housewarmings, weddings, or simply because.
Care: Hand wash with mild soap; stoneware is hard-wearing but handwashing keeps the glaze sharp.
Size:
- 17 cm diameter x 5 cm tall (on feet)
- Pierced drainage hole + three ball feet
- Handmade — small variations are part of the character
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