Americano cup natural - The bees and the stone

The idea of this collection was to create companions of the everyday. A set of tableware to treasure through daily use. Clean, easy lines as a subtle backdrop to evening meals and morning coffees. The clean shape puts the focus on the material, colour and technique.

These cups are made in the town of Reyes, Puebla, by a small community, where the tradition is for women to pick the clay from the mountains around the town. The colour of the clay is natural, coming from the mixture of clay and a local stone powder. The pieces are fired with wood in a brick oven, without the use of oil, gas or electricity. They are burnished - an ancient technique which involves polishing the pieces with a hard stone like quartz. This process closes the pores of the clay making it watertight and creates a unique shine and soft texture without any glaze.To create a vibrant colour and shine the pieces are showered in liquid beeswax.

The pieces are very good thermal insulators, making them perfect to carry hot drinks and food without imparting heat to your hands.
The plates colour gradually through use, aging gracefully.