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ASG91
$40.00
Sugar bowl with spoon in fine bone china. Hand decorated.
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Banana Kid Sugar Bowl and Spoon
The monkey sugar-bowl and spoon are made in Fine Bone China, a synthetic ivory-coloured ceramic material that can be used to achieve low wall thicknesses and high translucency. The piece is pour-cast, and it is entirely hand-decorated before the third firing in order to obtain the desired shades of colour (the process comprises three firings: the first is the biscuit firing, the second for the white glaze, and the third for the decoration).
OrienTales
The banana kid sugar bowl and spoon is part of a new for 2008 family of products cleverly called OrienTales. OrienTales is a result of an ongoing collaboration with the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which begain in 2007 with the "Chin Family". It was coming into close contact with the extraordinary collection of art works at the National Palace Museum that set Stefano's imagination racing, inspiring him to explore the millennial tradition of Chinese applied arts and develop his own contemporary interpretation of them. This interpretation is in keeping with the playful style of which the designer is an acknowledged master, a characteristic that in the designs presented today, takes a very new form.
It is important to remember that the objects presented here, just like the ones in the "Chin Family", characters or flowers and fruits, each performing the roles of domestic household objects, are made partly in hand-decorated plastic and partly in fine bone china, also hand-decorated. The magic of Giovannoni's design lies in the fact that these objects recall the grace of 18th century ceramic trinkets, while at the same time being utterly contemporary!
On the occasion of this new collection, the book "OrienTales", conceived and designed by Stefano himself, is currently being prepared for release. The book describes the design process behind the origin of these small household objects, with a number of texts and many lovely illustrations. If interested in preordering the book, please email us at sales@emmohome.com
OrienTales products come in gift packaging. View more OrienTales products!
