Yellow Blue has curated a selection of ten Ukrainian makers whose tableware, decor, and niche candles bring a sense of warmth to any home. The list features timeless designs alongside pieces rooted in authentic heritage—from kumanets-shaped vases to candles inspired by memories of a rural childhood. Every item is handcrafted using traditional techniques and a profound mastery of materials.
Tableware and Home Decor
YaKUSH
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About the brand: Founded in 2017 by Mariia Yakush, this glassware and decor studio was born from a desire for more variety than the generic sets found in city restaurants. The brand operates under the philosophy: “The details that bring joy.”
During the development of her debut line, YaKUSH spent time studying antique tableware in museums worldwide, experimenting with form and material. Today, most pieces are crafted from guta glass—a traditional hand-blowing technique that originated in Ukraine in the 15th century. Each item begins as molten glass blown through a tube, shaped by hand with wooden blocks and tongs, and then finished on an iron rod where it is stretched, bent, or cut. To champion sustainability, the brand often incorporates recycled glass shards into its production, giving them a second life.
Product range: The brand’s collection includes an array of glassware—from vases and chandeliers to plates and tumblers—defined by unconventional forms and rich, multicolored textures. Expanding its artistic reach, YaKUSH also features a ceramic series hand-painted with ancestral embroidery patterns and pagan symbols. Complementing these are home textiles, such as blankets and napkins, that draw deep inspiration from Ukraine’s landscapes and traditional motifs.
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Lebet Project
About the brand: Founded in Uzhhorod in 2020, Lebet Project is the creation of Maryna Hutlebet, who was raised in a family defined by artistic pursuits—from her mother’s floral arrangements to her grandfather’s hand-carved wooden figurines. Maryna began honing her own artistic voice during the pandemic, starting with embroidered linens and scented candles.
Amidst the challenges of Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine, she expanded her vision into a professional production of ceramics and guta glass. Today, her work is characterized by a striking fusion of modernist silhouettes and authentic Ukrainian narratives and ornaments.
Product range: Vases, pitchers, candle holders, candles, textiles, and several collections of painted tableware. Lebet Project offers themed sets for holidays, such as Easter, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day. In collaboration with other Ukrainian brands, Hutlebet has created several stylish neck ornaments.
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Ryaba Vosh
About the brand: Founded in Lutsk in 2013 by friends Julia Zholubak and Olha Shchepna, Ryaba Vosh is a homeware brand rooted in warmth and nostalgia. Their ceramics often feature whimsical animal motifs that evoke fond memories of a rural childhood.
Each piece is wheel-thrown using locally sourced Ukrainian clay. While the silhouettes remain simple and functional, a durable glaze ensures every item is dishwasher-safe for modern living. The duo loves to experiment with playful details—like adding animal ears to handles or lids—believing that these small, thoughtful touches are what truly create a sense of hygge and home comfort.
In 2023, the brand’s textile line evolved into a standalone venture called TCHU, specializing in linen and cotton rugs, pillows, bags, and table linens that complement the brand’s rustic aesthetic.
Product range: Standard Ryaba Vosh tableware sets include cups, saucers, sauce boats, plates, salad bowls, and sugar bowls. Each set is unified by a minimalistic themed painting. The brand also creates ceramic storage containers in the shape of animals and decor—flower pots, candle holders, and animal figurines of various sizes.
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Art Hall Ceramics
About the brand: A family-run production of handmade porcelain tableware founded by the Kharchenko family in Kharkiv in December 2021. The first months of work were the hardest—due to the full-scale invasion, the brand evacuated its team, materials, and equipment to a safer city.
Art Hall Ceramics experiments extensively with form; artisans create 3D patterns and embossed elements on the products. This is how the brand embodies its philosophy: tableware that personifies the aesthetics of everyday life.
The Kharchenkos regularly present their products at international exhibitions, such as the Ambiente exhibition in Frankfurt.
Product range: Art Hall Ceramics has several collections of tableware with designs inspired by authentic Ukrainian painting. Many drawings are based on floral compositions and themed stories about Easter or Christmas.
The brand also creates painted porcelain decorative elements, such as animal figurines and candles with niche scents in ceramic containers.
Art Hall Ceramics items can be ordered in gift packaging.
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Kusyk Ceramics
About the brand: The workshop of potter Volodymyr Kusyk, based in Lutsk. Kusyk is an artist of decorative and applied arts with over 30 years of experience. He is a Merited Master of Folk Art of Ukraine.
Kusyk creates custom tableware and decor. He works while preserving the pottery traditions of Volyn—first shaping the item from clay on a potter’s wheel, then smoothing it, inscribing ornaments, and firing it in a kiln using a special technology without air access. Therefore, the finished products have a color unusual for clay—dark silvery or deep black.
Product range: Diverse tableware and decor: vases, tea sets, plates, bowls, and storage containers with lids. Kusyk often experiments with design. For example, he created storage containers in the shape of a ram and a traditional Ukrainian hut with a thatched roof.
The potter also produces interior elements, such as ceramic lampshades. The main direction of his artistic work is classical gypsum molding with exquisite reliefs, such as decorative patterns on cornices or bas-reliefs on walls.
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Si Home
About the brand: A production of guta glass decor and scented candles founded in Kyiv by Kseniia Sydorenko. The brand’s signature item is a modern interpretation of the kumanets—a traditional Ukrainian donut-shaped vessel with a spout and a handle. Si Home makes them from multicolored glass and decorates them with ornamental elements.
The brand also has a line of handmade candles with original scents. Almost all candles are in guta glass containers.
Product range: The “Kolo” collection of kumanets-shaped vases, bowls, glasses, decanters, scented diffusers, and candles in signature guta glass containers.
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Dekor Keramika
About the brand: A production of porcelain tableware with a classic design that has been operating in the Khmelnytskyi region since 2005. From Ukrainian, the brand name translates as “decor and ceramics”. The Dekor Keramika assortment includes over 150 varieties of products—tableware of various shapes and sizes. These include collections in pastel colors, tableware with drawings (decals), and souvenir plates. All products are handmade. To make them strong and durable, they are covered with glaze between the first and second firing in the kiln.
Product range: The brand sells tableware individually and in sets. The sets are designed for different numbers of people. There are cups and plates of various sizes, dishes, salad bowls, sauce boats, and sugar bowls. The brand also produces tableware with decals and souvenir plates.
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Scented Candles from Natural Ingredients
Roshcha
About the brand: Operating since 2021, Roshcha is an eco-friendly studio specializing in soy and beeswax candles. The brand curates a palette of unconventional scents—from maple syrup and roasted apple to red wine, brandy, and lemon pie—all featuring wooden wicks that mimic the nostalgic crackle of a fireplace.
Beyond traditional jars, Roshcha creates sculptural candles in whimsical shapes like baguettes, corn, and chestnuts, using natural beeswax sourced from local Ukrainian apiaries. Driven by environmental consciousness, the brand uses sustainable packaging designed to be easily recycled or repurposed.
Product range: A wide line of classic and niche scents of soy candles, beeswax candles in unusual shapes, and a line of ceramic candle holders.
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Prosto Mykolka
About the brand: Founded in Zhytomyr in 2016 by spouses Liudmyla and Serhii Shavlovsky, Prosto Mykolka is an artisanal candle studio rooted in a deep love for the Ukrainian countryside. The brand’s name, meaning “Just Mykolka,” is an affectionate tribute to Liudmyla’s grandfather, who inspired her lifelong connection to village life.
The collections are a sensory journey back to the founders' childhoods, capturing the evocative aromas of rural landscapes using only natural ingredients. While their scented soy candles come in classic lidded jars, the brand’s true specialty lies in its whimsical beeswax creations—sculptural candles shaped like eggs, cookies, and birds.
Product range: A collection of soy candles with niche scents, room and textile sprays, and beeswax candles styled after food, animals, and household items. To get acquainted with Prosto Mykolka scents, you can order a tester candle that burns for about nine hours.
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Fire Rabbit
About the brand: Founded in 2023 by Vitaliia Vasylenko, Fire Rabbit is a brand of natural soy candles born from a spirit of resilience. The idea took root in late 2022 while Vitaliia was volunteering in Kyiv, providing shelter for those displaced by the war. Amidst the winter blackouts caused by shelling, she sought a way to restore a sense of warmth to those who had lost their homes. She began hand-crafting vibrant, multicolored taper candles to bring color and comfort back into their lives.
Within a year, Vitaliia built a dedicated team to share her vision: “to ignite a spark of emotion in everyone.” Today, Fire Rabbit produces premium, eco-friendly candles made from high-quality soy wax, free from any toxic additives.
Product range: Eco-friendly and safe handmade candles, candle holders, aroma diffusers, and home accessories. There are two types of candles—elongated and in glass containers. The brand also sells wax and regularly conducts workshops for those who want to learn how to make candles.
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