Founded in 1980 by Jānis Balodis, VAIDAVA CERAMICS is a family-run business whose exquisite items of pottery are handcrafted at a picturesque workshop in a beautiful corner of Gauja National Park in Latvia.

As children observing their father at work in the pottery studio, Jānis’s three sons learned how skilled craftsmen turn clay into elegant tableware fit to grace the finest dining tables all over the world. This process of learning by watching and doing not only galvanized their links to their forefathers, but also instilled an abiding reverence in them for age-old techniques for producing beautiful pottery. Today, under the watchful eye of Jānis’s son Miks, VAIDAVA CERAMICS combines these timeless methods with innovative new ways of showcasing the eclectic attributes of clay, resulting in handcrafted products that are the quintessence of elegance. The fruits of this marriage between Nordic design and traditional aesthetics are a stylish range of traditional and modern tableware collections with a unique personality of their own.

 Reflecting this fidelity to passing on the best practices of artisanship from one generation to another in stark contrast to the bland trends of mass production, every facet of the company’s operations is implemented sustainably. As a planet-friendly business, VAIDAVA CERAMICS’ deep concern for the environment is manifested in its continual efforts to minimize its ecological footprint and leave its land in pristine condition for generations to come..