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a manifesto, of sorts
About

A manifesto,
of sorts

ilitya studio mark

ilitya makes stoneware — clay fired at 1240 °C until it stops being fragile and starts being permanent.

We used to work in porcelain. Porcelain is beautiful the way glass is beautiful: flawless, translucent, slightly afraid of the world. Stoneware is beautiful the way Balat is beautiful — weathered, warm, certain of itself.

So we chose the material that improves with use. Every glaze is mixed in the studio, every piece is shaped by hand, and nothing leaves until it would be missed.

The artist

Hakan Daşdan

Hakan works alone, in a single room above the Golden Horn, with one kiln and an unreasonable number of glaze tests. The studio scales by saying no — fewer pieces, fired hotter, finished slower.

His Signature line extends the same clay to the scale of furniture and light.

The place

Balat, İstanbul

The atelier sits in one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, where the houses are the colour of our glazes. Visitors are welcome by appointment — and most pieces in the shop were photographed exactly where they were made.

The journey home

Fragile things, travelling well

Every piece ships worldwide in packaging we designed the way we design everything else — quietly over-built.

Molded pulp cradle Each form rests in a recycled-fibre cradle cast close to its own shape, so nothing moves in transit.
Double-wall, plastic-free Double-walled board, paper tape, wood wool. The whole parcel composts — except the stoneware, which is the point.
Drop-tested, honestly We drop a packed mug from shoulder height before approving any box design. The mugs are fine. We are calmer.

“Use it daily. That is what it is for.”

See the pieces
Studio journal @ilityaceramic