There are objects that exist simply to serve a function, and there are those rare creations that invite you into a moment. Thallo is the latter.

Named for the Greek goddess of blossoms, Thallo Mixing Vessel is a study in quiet beauty: the arc of its form, the way it rests in the hand, the tactile dance between texture and smoothness. It is not just a bowl, but a small landscape, a place where clay, water, and human touch converge into something more than the sum of its parts.

Made by Hand, Made to Last

In a family-owned studio in Portugal, each Thallo begins its life as locally sourced clay, a living material, rich with memory and potential. The process is as deliberate as it is intimate:

• Casting – The vessel’s form is shaped and poured into custom molds.

• Sanding – Each curve is smoothed with patient hands, ensuring it will fit comfortably in yours.

• Firing – In the kiln, the clay transforms, gaining the strength to endure a lifetime of rituals.

• Glazing – A subtle finish is applied, giving the surface a touch that is both soft and enduring.

• Stamping – Every Thallo bears the words FROM EARTH, WITH LOVE, a quiet signature of origin.

No two vessels are identical. Each one carries its own nuances, a slightly different hue in the glaze, a faint variation in contour, the quiet fingerprint of its maker.

Wrapped in the Forest’s Gift

Each vessel rests within packaging made from Portuguese cork, a material as sustainable as it is beautiful.

Cork trees have a rare, regenerative nature: they shed their outer bark naturally, revealing fresh layers beneath. This process leaves the tree not only unharmed but strengthened, allowing it to live for centuries. The cork is harvested by hand, in rhythm with the seasons, from the same landscapes that have sustained this practice for generations.

In your hands, this packaging is more than protection, it is a fragment of a living tree, a whisper from the forest where sunlight falls in dappled patterns and time moves more slowly.

CORK AND SKIN IS A SHARED LANGUAGE OF RENEWAL

“Cork felt inevitable for Thallo. Once I understood how a cork tree lives with its bark, I saw the parallel to our own skin. A cork tree grows an outer layer of bark as protection, a living shield against weather, time, and the world around it. Every decade or so, that outer layer naturally loosens, ready to be carefully harvested by hand. 

Removing it doesn’t harm the tree; in fact, it encourages renewal, allowing the tree to grow stronger, with a fresh layer forming beneath.

Our skin does the same. It holds us, protects us, and, in its own rhythm, releases what is no longer needed. We shed the outermost cells so that new ones can take their place, restoring softness, vitality, and resilience.” - Tammy Demos, Founder of KLEOS+KLEA

To wrap Thallo in cork is to honor that cycle of renewal, an embrace between the vessel, the earth, and the skin it was made to care for.

The Vessel as Ritual

Thallo is designed to be held. The gentle curves guide your fingertips as you swirl botanicals into life, powders working with water, oils meeting clays, textures transforming beneath your touch.

It is in these moments, the clink of fingertips against ceramic, the scent of plants rising with the steam, the subtle give of the vessel in your palm, that a simple act becomes something sacred.

A Companion to the Senses

The experience of using Thallo is as much about touch as it is about sight. Its textured surface offers a grounding weight; its curves invite movement. Light catches in the glaze, shifting subtly as you tilt it, like morning sun across water.

With time, the vessel will gather its own history, faint traces of use, memories of mornings and evenings, of formulas blended and absorbed. It will age as all well-loved objects do: beautifully.

How Thallo Got Its Name

In the ancient stories of the Horae, the goddesses who marked the turning of the seasons, Thallo embodied the renewal of spring. She was the keeper of blossoms, the tender force who awakened the earth from its winter sleep and ushered in nature’s flourishing. Her presence was felt in the first buds, the unfurling petals, the quiet but powerful rhythm of renewal.

In much the same way, our powders hold their vitality in waiting—dormant, yet brimming with potential. When water touches them, they awaken, just as blossoms respond to the rains of spring. This union is more than simple activation; it is a ritual of renewal. Each time we mix powder with liquid, we are not only reanimating plants, we are also creating a moment to renew ourselves, to align with the cycles of nature, and to return to balance.

A Poem in Clay

At your caress, heavenly bodies constellate in the hills and valleys of Thallo.
Step into the tranquil world that has come to rest in the cup of your hand.
Feel the most precious formulas blossom under your touch.

Thallo is not only a tool. It is a space, a quiet, grounded pause in the rhythm of the day. A vessel that holds both what you place in it and the intention with which you begin.

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