Tamgroute bowl & base

A piece like this lives in my own home… actually, a couple do.

Soula began because of finds like these… the small, characterful pieces I couldn’t leave behind.

This vessel is beautifully versatile: hold a candle, a plant, your keys, or simply let it sit as a quiet statement on a shelf. It doesn’t need much; it draws the eye on its own.

Tamgroute pottery comes from the desert-edge village of Tamegroute, around four hours from Marrakech. Here, artisans fire clay by hand in ancient earth kilns, a craft passed down through generations. The village is known for its deep, elemental glazes — olive greens, sun-worn ochres and rich, shadowy browns that feel straight from the landscape.

The colour is created through a centuries-old glaze blend of manganese, copper oxide and magnesium, mixed with clay from the Draa Valley and fired in traditional date-pit kilns. No two pieces ever leave the kiln the same. Each carries its own shade shifts, fingerprints, kiln marks and soulful imperfections; the beauty of something truly handmade.

If you love pieces with authenticity and a lived-in kind of charm, this one will feel right at home.