The Everlasting Porcelain
For nearly 4,000 years, porcelain has been appreciated for its strength, smooth and delicate texture and appealing color. White gold, as it was called in the 18th century, is an unique and demanding medium to work with. A potter has to have exceptional skills and confidence, high level of attention to detail and a lot of patience because it takes an investment in time to produce quality porcelain.
In spite of the mass production of porcelain, the demand for handmade and hand-painted pottery of high quality has not decreased to this day. Contemporary makers search for new designs, styles and methods of production continuously pursuing excellence in the craft in order to preserve the status of handmade porcelain as the most precious. Meet the most interesting designers and their unique porcelain concepts.
- Kina Ceramic Design
Looking for porcelain cups, bowls, or vases handmade in unusual shapes and decorated with exciting details? For example, handmade porcelain cup with fingers?
Kina Ceramic Design creates contemporary porcelain tableware that doesn’t appeal to a conventional taste. Her custom handcrafted Fingers Mug is so unique and courageously innovative featuring three life-sized human like fingers extending from one side and serving as the handle. Ideal for a gift or a porcelain collection!
2) ENDE
ENDE is a ceramics studio founded by ceramics designers Natalia Gruszecka and Jakub Kwarciński. They manufacture high quality handmade porcelain objects characterized by modern forms, original designs and attention to detail. Year after year, ENDE pottery is becoming more and more popular worldwide. It attracts porcelain lovers around the world with originality and the quality of workmanship.
3) TYFORMY
TYFORMY is a creative duo consisting of Pavla Vachunova and Julie Šišková. They have been working together since their academic years at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague where they both majored in ceramics and porcelain. The name “TYFORMY” makes reference to the Czech word “formy” suggesting that playing with the form is in the center of their attention. Looking at their designs, this concept seems to be justified.
The two, certainly not lacking confidence, seek to blend traditional methods with modern ideas, creating a number ofunique porcelain collections. Most of their work reveals the fine line between art, applied arts and design evidenced by many beautiful cups, bowls and vases.
4) MIUUS
Following current trends MIUUS Design Studio creates hand-painted porcelain with the desire to bring a modern element to everyone’s home decor. The studio is driven by its love for beautiful objects as evidenced by so many gorgeous cups and pots coming out from their hands.
In spite of the new technologies of decorating available, the studio has chosen to hand paint each cup and pot with imaginative patterns, making them unique and more precious.
5) Milcincuenta Design Studio
And finally, jewelry made of porcelain. What a unique and stylish accessory to your outfit! Milcincuenta is a designer label that creates fine art jewelry in limited editions and for its first commercial jewelry collection the studio has chosen porcelain as the main material. The elegance and refinement of material were crucial for the choice. It is, indeed, the best type of clay to use for jewelry because of its refined quality. Milcincuenta’s Lychee Porcelain Necklace, for example, is perfectly balanced combination of handcrafted piece of glossy porcelain and silver rope chain.
These porcelain pieces are part of a limited edition collection, consisting of 150 reproductions per design and they are individually numbered. Whichever piece you choose it will definitely be a unique finishing touch to your look.
