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How a commission becomes a table
From a restaurant sketch to sixty place settings — the slow route from idea to service.
Journal / field noteA commission starts with a conversation, not a catalogue. What is served, how it is plated, how the room is lit — the tableware has to belong to that specific table.
Prototype, test, repeat
We throw sample forms, fire them in the next scheduled kiln and put them through a real service. Chefs are honest critics: a plate that is beautiful but awkward to carry does not survive the trial week.
Sixty plates is not one design repeated — it is one family raised together.
What a commission includes
- Two prototype rounds fired with regular editions.
- A glaze developed for the room and its light.
- Replacement pieces guaranteed for three years.
We take on a handful of commissions each season, scheduled between kiln releases. The waiting list is part of the process.
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