Sarah Grove and Annette Bugansky
Stunning porcelain vases and cups with the look of “sumptuous upholstery, textured fabric, and pearl and knit designs” are the creation of two very talented ceramic artists.
Sarah Grove enjoys the juxtaposition “between the soft pillow forms of the fabric and the cold unyielding nature of the porcelain.” A former fashion and costume designer, Annette Bugansky, approach to ceramics has been influenced by her professional background. What I find so unique to their work is that the textural quality of the pieces makes me want to take hold and really feel them. Lovely.
Sarah Grove Porcelain - 62 to 138 euro
Annette Bugansky Porcelain - 30 to 165 euro
Craft2eu.net showcases both ranges.
Ordering and shipping is done directly through craft2eu in Hamburg, Germany
Website in English and German
SuckUK MyCuppa
I love the irreverent design by Jude and Sam, the founders of SuckUK in Britain, always a clever take on an everyday item. The MyCuppa Tea / Coffee Cup has color bar markings for the various shades of milk that you can add to your cup of coffee or tea. Practical and funny.
MyCuppa - Coffee or Tea - £10
SuckUK ships internationally from Britain (free delivery for UK addresses)
Website in English
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Pia Baastrup Porcelain
Pia Baastrup, a self-taught ceramic artist from Denmark, has the most lovely and fragile looking porcelain tableware collection. Pia starts all of her designs by folding paper until new shapes and models take shape. Once a piece is conceptualized with paper she then rolls the porcelain into thin plates, cuts them to size and marks, bends or folds the porcelain until she has assembled the pieces into cups, bowels, plates or dishes.
Each pieces is made by hand without moulds. The technique is 3 to 4 times more time-consuming than if casts or a wheel are used. The colours are white and celadon, and the models are made in different, stackable sizes. Pia Baastrup’s workshop is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, since 2003.
Collection purchasable through Craft2eu.net:
Square Plates - 3 Sizes - Small 12.5 x 16 cm - 52 euro
Japanese Bowl - 4 Sizes - Large 15 x 15 cm - 73 euro
Boat Plates - 3 Sizes - Medium 19.5 cm - 52 euro
No. 6 Bowl - 4 Sizes - Small 3.5 x 8.5 cm - 32 euro
Craft2eu.net carries the range. Shipping directly from the workshop of Pia Baastrup in Denmark
10-16 weeks are needed for production and delivery
Website in English and German
Katy Jung Porcelain
I stumbled upon Jung Porzellan while looking through DaWanda this morning and I am glad I did. I really like the shapes she has created, a real feeling of solidity she has given the porcelain pieces. I particularly like the salt and pepper shakers with their little red rubber stoppers, they made me feel happy for some reason.
Katy Jung, the Berlin based designer behind Jung Porzellan, believes in a hands on experience as each step in the process is carried out completely by hand. A video of her process can be seen here. Well worth a view!
Full Collection found here
Popp Vase - 13.5h x 15.5d cm - 48 euro
Bunt Vase - 23.5h x 13d cm - 58 euro
Salt and Pepper Shaker - 28 euro
Table Setting “Cherry Lips” - 75 euro
Jung Porzellan ships internationally
Shop through DaWanda ‘fragile-de-luxe’ shop
Website in English and German
Mano Design Hedwig Rotter
Mano Design was founded in 2007 by Hedwig Rotter in Vienna, Austria. The studio is specialised in developing and producing tableware and living-accessoires. All products are hand-made and manufactured as unique copies, limited editions and small series. The product range is extremely diverse yet all the pieces have a simplicity and delicacy to them that is rather stunning.
Balance Tableware - Porcelain with metallic silkscreen - 18 to 78 euro
Dottings Vases - Porcelain - approx. 25h cm - 150 to 184 euro
Netzwerk Bowls - Thermoplastic injected by hand - 10 to 32 euro
Disposable Vases - Porcelain with silkscreen - 48 to 53 euro
Mano Design ships internationally from Austria
Orders can be placed via email or phone
Website in German
Note: Some products can be purchased at PAD
Website in German and English
Arabia Finland KoKo Series
Arabia Finland has been producing ceramic and porcelain dishes and gift accessories for over 130 years. The KoKo range is a pretty example of clear design that can be easily mixed and matched with other Arabia pieces or your own collection. The collection was designed by Kristina Riska and Kati Tuominen-Niittylä and is made of ceramic. If you are looking for older pieces of Arabia then be sure to check your local eBay or other auction services.
Colors available are white, chocolate, petrol, aqua, lila and skyblue.
Finnish Design Shop carries the entire KoKo Range
KoKo Pitcher - 46.20 euro
KoKo Deep Plate - 13.10 euro
KoKo Cup - 7.60 euro
KoKo Large Bowl - 35.20 euro
KoKo Bowl - 11.90 euro
KoKo Mug - 11.60 euro
Koko Dish XS - 4.50 euro
Finnish Design Shop ships internationally from Finland
Website in Finnish and English
Anne Black Porcelain
Danish designer Anne Black has a series of porcelain that is just sublime - such understated elegance. All the pieces are hand crafted in her Copenhagen workshop and each piece, distinctive for its shape, is decorated with a number of different graphical perforations, decals, hand paintings or a combination of these applied designs. Since the inception of the line in 2001 the products can be increasingly found in interior design stores, museum shops & fashion retail throughout Europe, South East Asia and the United States.
Anne Black collection can be purchased online through Stilleben:
Seam Vases - 11 cm - 195 DKK = 26 euro
Black is Blue - 7.5w x 8.5h cm - 150 DKK = 20 euro
Tilt Dishes-
Small - 8 x 13 cm - 140 DKK = 19 euro
Large - 15 x 29 cm - 600 DKK = 81 euro
Stilleben ships internationally from Denmark
Website in Danish, English and Japanese
Tristan Zimmermann Phonofone II
What is the Phonofone you ask? In short, it’s like a speaker for your iPod, only it uses no power. Through passive amplification alone, these unique pieces instantly transform any personal music player + earbuds into a sculptural audio console.
Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone II inventively exploits the virtues of horn acoustics to boost the audio output of standard earphones to up to 55 decibels. Now let’s make this clear, 55 decibels is not going to entertain your party, but it’s fine for the office or next to the bed or for a dinner party. But honestly, if you want to get a great sounding set of speakers that you can crank up and rock out to, get a set of Bose. The Phonofone II is constructed entirely out of ceramic.
Phonofone II - 28 x 25 x 51 cm - 350 euro
Charles & Marie shipping worldwide
For Europe shipping from Frankfurt, Germany
Website in English
Oromono Ceramic Vases
Oromono of Belgium has a lovely collection of vases. I am particularly fond of the Minsk vases which are handcrafted using the Raku glaze technique which creates a crackled look to the finish.
Vases - 20w x 20h to 35w x 35h cm - 42 to 224 euro
Oromono ships internationally from Belgium
Website in English