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01Star collection

Famiware Star pasta bowls

24models in this lineeach with its own glazes
22glazes across itno two pieces identical
$26.99the least of themup to $161.97
4–8pieces in a boxsmallest to largest

When you pick up a Star pasta bowl you notice the rim first. The double reactive glaze pools there, so the edge reads a hair thicker and a touch cooler under the fingers than the flatter rims on the next line along the shelf. That small bead is not a flaw. It changes how the bowl balances in the palm, where your thumb settles, and how a fork drags sauce across the surface. It makes each piece feel deliberate.

Look closely and the pooling is where the Star collection shows its evening-sky name. The glaze concentrates at the lip and speckles back into the field, so every rim carries a different band of tone and tiny constellations of color. That variation alters sightlines at the table: the rim frames pasta and salad with a darkened halo or a pale crescent depending on the glaze. It is a tactile signature you feel before you see the pattern.

Care and glaze claims on this page repeat what is printed on the pack. The public standards behind them are named on our updates page.

02Everything in the line

Famiware Star pasta bowls, model by model

The 12 most bought pasta bowls in Star first; each card opens the page where that piece keeps its glazes.

12 more sit on the pasta and salad bowls shelf.

03Cut it two ways

Famiware Star pasta bowls by size, and by glaze

The two questions people arrive with. Both are answered here rather than somewhere else.

04About Star

Famiware Star pasta bowls: two questions

Asked about Star pasta bowls in particular rather than about the range as a whole.

Will Famiware Star bowls feel thicker at the rim when you hold them?

Yes. The double reactive glaze on Star bowls pools at the lip, so when you lift one you will detect a slightly thicker band and a firmer edge under your thumb. The effect is small but consistent: it changes how the bowl seats in the hand, and it concentrates color at the rim so each piece has a unique band and texture.

Will the unglazed foot on these bowls mark other plates when you stack them?

Yes. The foot ring is left unglazed and can leave a faint ring on the plate beneath when pieces are stacked. That is the trade-off for the grip the foot gives on a table. If the mark matters to you, place a thin pad or a paper sheet between plates when stacking. The mark is cosmetic and comes from the unglazed clay at the ring.

Every Famiware size, every glaze

Every diameter, capacity and glaze in the Famiware collection sits behind this button, with the price we last read against each one.