Onua
Taking its name from the Akan word Onua, meaning sibling, the collection works in pairs. Two forms, two characters, designed to live alongside each other. Each vessel has a textured raw exterior and a smooth glazed interior, and each is conceived as both a water vessel and a decorative form.
The two pieces share a vocabulary but never repeat it.
Each clay is sourced from a different Ghanaian region, analysed by the Ghana Standards Authority, and reworked in studio to a composition calibrated against its chemistry. The colourways are the outcome: Riverbank from the Ada river delta, Sea Sand from the coastal shores, Anthill from the red mounds of the central region, Soil from inland deposits, and Sahel, an orange-red that echoes the terracotta of the traditional makers we work alongside.
Onua Alexandra
The Alexandra is the fuller of the two forms, its rounded body drawn from the feminine figurative tradition of Akan sculpture.
Onua Jordan
The Jordan is the taller and slimmer of the two, drawing on the more austere masculine forms of the same tradition. The silhouette is plain and unornamented, the form built around its line rather than its body.
Explore Our Collections
AYA
Named after the Aya (“fern”), a symbol of endurance. Sculptural bowls in Rust and Black Silt that capture nature’s balance between decay and renewal.
The Onua Collection
A collection of paired water vessels finished with raw clay exteriors and glazed interiors
Loam
Tableware designed for the palm of the hand. Bowls to balance function with simplicity.
Made to stack, hold and sip.
Archive I
A series inspired by early-world storage vessels of pre-industrial households.
The shapes are old; the bodies are new.
AYA
Named after the Aya (“fern”), a symbol of endurance. Sculptural bowls in Rust and Black Silt that capture nature’s balance between decay and renewal.
Onua Collection
A collection of paired water vessels finished with raw clay exteriors and glazed interiors
Loam
Tableware designed for the palm of the hand. Bowls to balance function with simplicity.
Archive I
Inspired by early-world storage vessels of pre-industrial households. Old shapes, new bodies.
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