Stoneware ELEPHANT FEET
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The Stoneware ELEPHANT FEET is based on the work of the porcelain artist emmanuel boos we work with. He has been experimenting with celadon colours for over 20 years, researching their variations and reactions by modifying the composition of the minerals, the firing temperatures and the composition of the air. In this way, he achieves beautiful soft-matt and soft-glossy shades in all variations from sky blue to broken steel blue to earthy green, which form the basis of his artistic work.
The groups of multicoloured little pots he forms to test new glaze mixtures or variations and their interaction with the firing temperature and oxygen saturation form a poetic blue-green composition in the workshop. The interaction between the artist and the expertise of our producers has allowed us to recreate the vibrant multicolour and depth of the glazes and make them available for serial production.
In addition to the colour variations, the irregular shapes of ELEPHANT FEET reflect the workshop process of testing the glazes. In collaboration with emmanuel boos, we have further developed the shapes of the small, hand-potted test forms and transferred them to a series of cups, plates and bowls. The deliberate amorphous-organic randomness of this interplay of forms adds to the vibrant impression of ELEPHANT FEET.
ELEPHANT FEET in stoneware is available in eight shapes: three plate sizes, three bowls and two cups.
MAOMI
The MAOMI brand has set itself the task of preserving time-honoured craftsmanship and honouring it with modern design. For example, the blue and green colours of the ELEPHANT Feet tableware are based on research into ancient celadon glazes from the Ming dynasty and bring them into a modern workshop context, with each individual product line based on a different ancient craft technique and incorporating its own artistic approach. We have made it our mission to rethink and develop classic design: timeless aesthetics and reduction, natural materials, tactile experience and handcrafted techniques. None of our products are mass-produced, but are created in the course of a slow design process. As the individual design objects are handmade – handmade stoneware and hand-turned porcelain, but also handmade wooden products – each one is unique and no two are the same. Expertise gained over many years flows from development to production.
