A limited ceramic edition made with the Düsseldorf jewellery brand Ariane Ernst, following a pop-up at our studio. The pieces pair handmade stoneware with fine gold details applied by hand, the precision of jewellery carried into a different material.
What is in the edition
Three forms in three colours. The espresso cup holds 75 ml at Ø 5.5 cm and H 5 cm, the coffee cup holds 190 ml at Ø 7.5 cm and H 6.5 cm, and the saucer at Ø 11 cm fits either of them. The colours are soft pink, sage and blue. Two pink pieces carry a small gold heart instead of the line, painted inside the cup where it only appears once the drink is finished. Each colour is also available as a three-piece set of espresso cup, coffee cup and saucer.
How the gold is applied
The gold goes on after the piece is fired and glazed, in a second pass, painted by hand. That is why the line sits at a slightly different height on every cup and why the ring is never quite the same width twice. It is also why every piece in this edition is hand wash only: the gold sits on top of the fired glaze rather than under it, so a dishwasher wears it down over time even though the stoneware itself would take it.
