Best of Rhode Island 2008 Editors' Picks

Is it art? Is it tableware? These handsome handmade bowls, dessert plates, goblets, vases and other accessories for your digs could pass as either. Fashioned in clay by RISD grad and Martha Stewart Living alum Asya Palatova, these stylish porcelain pieces feature designs inspired by the gardens and apple trees of Asya's Russian grandmother (gleena is Russian for clay) and won't break the bank. Prices run from about $20 for an Atlantic shell goblet to $80 for an artfully shaped vase that seems to sway with its contents.