About Us

A passion project spanning 3 generations, Tanterra Home is where we celebrate our homes, our artisans and our relationships with friends and family. It is also a tribute to the empowered women (the tantes, or the Titas as we fondly call them in Filipino!) who have contributed greatly to our cause.

 

Our roots lie in another ceramics company (est. 1984) founded by our beloved matriarch, Paciencia. It started serendipitously--with a wrong delivery. She had ordered some garden soil, only to receive mounds of clay. Heeding the requests of friends and family to start a small business with this clay to provide livelihood to neighbors, and despite her reservations (she had no experience with ceramics and was a 50-year-old government employee!), she decided to open a small terracotta factory.

This ultimate blessing in disguise was taken further by Paciencia's children, who took their humble provincial set-up global, becoming a trusted partner of retailers all over the world.   Tanterra Home is the 3rd generation's way to continue this legacy.

With Tanterra, we hope to share more than the beauty of our handmade, 100% Filipino products. We want to shine the light on our community of artisans, who have decades' worth of experience in transforming clay into masterpieces. With you, we want to preserve the art of pottery while we celebrate beauty, creativity and joy!

A reflection of who we are, our home is where we feel most like ourselves. It's where we kick up our feet at the end of a long work day, dance crazily to guilty pleasure tunes, host our loved ones for reunion dinners...

 

Through the years, our partner artisans have become our family. We learn from them during the creative process, and we stand for their growth and development through upskilling initiatives, even in areas like financial literacy. 

With Tanterra, we also hope to provide them the honor that they deserve. They are an integral part of our story... a story we'd like to share with you through our products.

 

Celebrating Our Relationships

Our relationships with those who help us stay sane through horrible breakups and worldwide pandemics, who share our happiness during our triumphs, who hold our hands through it all... that's what we treasure most. We at Tanterra value forming connections and strengthening relationships: with our artisans, our partners and with you.