Kale cups

The Kale cups grew out of an attempt to rethink our everyday relationship with a plant that is usually seen only as food. Why is kale valued only as something to consume? Why can't food become “food for the eyes”?

In porcelain, kale loses its everyday purpose and becomes a sign of fragility, memory and survival. A cup is usually something we drink from. Here it becomes a space for contemplation instead. The cups were shown at PUODUKAS, the 5th International Exhibition of Small Ceramic Forms in Vilnius.

The other porcelain vessels invite us to see plants as independent forms of life rather than things to consume. They are a quiet attempt to preserve the fragile beauty of nature and let it speak in the language of porcelain, light and memory.