Terracotta Bread Warmer & Seagrass Basket with Tea Towel — Bird & Leaf | KORISSA

A terracotta bread warmer stone engraved with a hand-carved bird in flight — its body richly decorated with folk patterns, carrying a branch of leaves in its beak — set into a handwoven oval seagrass and jute basket with braided rope handles, paired with a hand screen-printed cotton tea towel featuring a geometric chevron leaf pattern. The tea towel is a functional companion to the bread warmer — not a decorative extra. Available in two colorways: Light Brown print on natural white cotton, or Dark Brown print on natural white cotton. Bread Warmer: 0.5” tall × 10.75” wide × 6.25” deep. Basket: 3.25” tall × 12” wide × 7.5” deep. Tea Towel: 19.5” wide × 25.5” deep. Designed and curated by KORISSA, handmade by Fair Trade artisans in Bangladesh.

The Bird in Flight — Symbol of Freedom, Messenger & the Grace of the Natural World

A single bird in flight, body richly ornamented with folk patterns, carrying a leafy branch — this motif appears across centuries of decorative art in South Asia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. In Bengali folk tradition, the bird is a messenger between worlds: between the earthly and the spiritual, between the home and the wider world. A bird carrying a branch is a specific symbol of peace, abundance, and the return of good things — the branch it carries is a sign that the land is fertile, that the season is generous, that the table will be full. The geometric chevron leaf pattern on the tea towel echoes this theme: leaves repeated in a precise, interlocking pattern — a visual language of growth, continuity, and the order found in nature. Together, the bird and the leaf pattern create a complete visual story at the center of every meal.

How It Improves Your Daily Life

Bread goes cold quickly at the table — at home, at a restaurant, at a café. The terracotta stone solves this without electricity or batteries: heat it in the oven at 350°F for 5–10 minutes (or microwave on high for 2–4 minutes), place it in the basket, lay the tea towel over it, and set the bread on top. The stone retains heat for up to 40 minutes. The tea towel serves a double purpose: it insulates and protects the bread from direct contact with the hot stone, and between uses it works as a standard kitchen or bar towel — drying dishes, wiping surfaces, lining a bread basket. The geometric leaf print looks as good on the counter as it does on the table.

This combination — warmer, basket, and towel — is designed for daily use in the home or in a hospitality setting. The three pieces work together as a system. Arriving in a kraft box is a convenience, not the point.

Why Terracotta, Seagrass & Cotton?

Terracotta is dense, porous, and naturally insulating — it heats evenly and releases heat gradually. No synthetic coatings, no chemical treatments. The seagrass and jute basket is harvested from sustainably grown coastal plants, handwoven without synthetic reinforcement, and fully biodegradable. The tea towel is 100% natural cotton, hand screen-printed with non-harmful dyes — machine washable and designed to get better with use.

Fair Trade Artisan-Made

Designed and curated by KORISSA, handwoven, hand-engraved, and hand screen-printed by Fair Trade artisans in Bangladesh. Fair wages, safe working conditions, community investment. The bird motif is hand-carved into each terracotta stone — slight variations in depth, line weight, and proportion are inherent to the process. No two pieces are identical.

How to Use It

1. Preparation — before first use, rinse the terracotta stone with water and dry thoroughly
2. Heat the stone — oven: 350°F for 5–10 minutes | microwave: high for 2–4 minutes
3. Place in basket — use oven mitts or tongs; place stone in the oval seagrass basket
4. Cover with tea towel — lay the tea towel over the stone to insulate and protect; place bread on top
5. Keep warm — fold the towel over the bread; retains heat for up to 40 minutes
6. Clean — stone: wipe with damp cloth, dry well, hand wash only. Basket: dust or vacuum, wipe with damp cloth, dry thoroughly, keep out of direct sunlight. Tea Towel: machine wash cold, gentle cycle, hang to dry, no bleach.

Details & Care

• Bread Warmer: 0.5” tall × 10.75” wide × 6.25” deep | 100% Terracotta | Hand-engraved bird in flight with leaf branch
• Basket: 3.25” tall × 12” wide × 7.5” deep | 100% Seagrass + Jute | Braided rope handles
• Tea Towel: 19.5” wide × 25.5” deep | 100% Natural Cotton | Hand screen-printed geometric chevron leaf pattern | Light Brown or Dark Brown
• Color: Natural terracotta with whitewash finish | Fair Trade | Zero Waste | Handmade in Bangladesh by KORISSA
• Arrives in a kraft box — ready to use or to give