01 / CAST + TRIM
The form begins
in separate parts.
The cup body and spinal components are cast separately. Excess porcelain is trimmed away before the pieces are joined.
Porcelain Spine Cup - Black
Porcelain Spine Cup - Black
A black porcelain cup with an exposed backbone - hand-built, fully glazed, and made to be used. The deep black finish brings out the sculptural vertebrae, turning an everyday cup into an anatomical object.
Each cup can be used on its own or stacked with others to form a longer spine.
- Material: porcelain
- Color: black
- Available as a single cup or multi-piece set
Subtle variations in finish are part of the ceramic process.
Curated by BOLTBOLT (GALLERY).
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MR.NOPLAN / PORCELAIN SPINE CUP
A backbone.
In black.
An exposed spine interrupts a familiar vessel. MR.NOPLAN's black porcelain cup turns an everyday ritual into an encounter with form, surface and structure.
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01 / THE FORM
One cup.
A longer spine.
Vertebral forms break the smooth outline of the cup. Used alone, it reads as a small sculpture. Stacked, the same structure becomes a repeating rhythm.
02 / THE SURFACE
Light finds
every ridge.
The black finish draws attention to the transitions between rounded walls, deep recesses and projecting vertebrae. Move around the cup and another contour comes into view.
03 / THE MAKING
Built in parts.
Refined by hand.
The Spine Cup's porcelain construction is revealed through casting, joining, surface refinement and firing.
Process reference — white porcelain edition.
These photographs illustrate porcelain making in the Spine Series. They show the white edition, not the black finish.
These photographs illustrate porcelain making in the Spine Series. They show the white edition, not the black finish.
The form begins
02 / JOIN
A spine,
assembled by hand.
Each vertebral component is positioned and attached while the porcelain is still workable, bringing the separate forms together.
03 / REFINE
Every join
receives attention.
Small tools, sponges and brushes refine the joined form, working around the ridges and the narrow spaces between them.
04 / FIRE
From a fragile body
to porcelain.
The workshop's kiln photographs show porcelain vessels arranged for firing, the stage that transforms the prepared body into its finished ceramic form.
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THE EVERYDAY OBJECT
Sculptural form.
A familiar ritual.
A drinking vessel with a different silhouette. The Spine Cup is made to be used on its own, then returned to a stack.
- Material
- Porcelain
- Color
- Black
- Available options
- 1, 2, 3 or 4 pieces
- Design
- MR.NOPLAN
Subtle variations in finish are part of the ceramic process.
THE SPINE SERIES
MR.NOPLAN
CURATED BY BOLTBOLT(GALLERY)
A familiar vessel, reconsidered through anatomy. The Spine Series carries its external backbone across porcelain and glass. This edition gives the form a black finish.