€450
DERECHO TEA CUP
Life can come on fast, like a stormfront sweeping in to reshape everything in its path. The Derecho Tea Cups offer a moment to breathe amid all the sudden weather.
Made as part of an exclusive collaboration with Mona Hotel, this pair of cups from Athens-based ceramicist Anna Karountzou uses mud-swirls and undertones of grey and splattered black to capture the earth subsumed beneath a rolling thunderhead. Their unadorned, hand-fashioned appearance aims to put that force of nature in your hands.
We imagine the Derecho cups as a charged and moody counter-palette to bright livingroom surfaces under the refreshing rays of a low autumn sun.
A Mona commission in collaboration with the artist.
This is a limited collection of 25 unique handmade ceramic tea pots, diverse in shapes and textures, each with 2 or 4 matching cups. The materials and glazes’ earthy tones correspond with Mona’s interior elements.
Karountzou finds inspiration in nature, obsessed with the marks of time evidently present in the essence of corrosion her ceramics exude. All pots have been fired at a high temperature to ensure durability.
Formed by traditional techniques such as the coiling method, her works are each made by hand and constitute one-of-a-kind pieces.
Karountzou’s most recent experimentation with clay results in a sculptural breed between gothic and industrial, where clay takes on a metallic glaze.
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This handmade glazed ceramic piece may be able to withstand dishwasher temperatures, but we recommend handwashing with warm water and non-corrosive soaps to ensure longevity and avoid chipping.
