Objects
2023
Sete, France
Slow Ceramics
A table set made in one workshop over one season, one bowl at a time.
Client
Atelier Verre et Terre
Services
Product design, prototyping, packaging
Duration
7 months
Led by
Rafael Costa-Lind
No. 01
Overview
Nine tableware pieces thrown, glazed and fired in a small workshop, sold only in the town where they are made.
One workshop, one clay
The workshop digs its own clay from a pit a few kilometres away. Rafael spent the first month just learning how that clay behaves in the kiln.
We designed nine pieces around what the clay does best: thick lips, low feet and glazes that pool rather than sit on top.
Packaging that ends up on the table
Each piece leaves in a box that unfolds into a small serving board. Nothing is glued, nothing is thrown away, and the box carries the maker's stamp on the inside.
No. 02
Results
9
Pieces in the set
7
Glaze tests per piece
100%
Made within 5 km
No. 03
In their words
We stopped explaining the price when people held a bowl.
Owner, Atelier Verre et Terre
No. 04
Keep walking
More doors from the studio.
Architecture
A stone farmhouse rebuilt around a row of arches and one old fig tree.
Architecture
Twenty-four homes around a shared courtyard, built from kiln-formed clay blocks.
No. 00
Next door
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