Created and Sold by AKIKO TSUJI
Maman Ceramic Collection - Vases & Vessels
Featured In Maman, New York, NY
Starts at $1,500
The ceramic collection for the Maman restaurant and cafe in Tribeca NYC was commissioned by the owner Elisa Marshall based on my suggestion for a collaboration. I had been a fan of the amazing baked goods and felt a kindred spirit and Maman’s sense of craft and quality. One of the challenges was that the high traffic restaurant has a quick turn-around of dishes and cups as they break easily. We decided on a precious handmade series that would serve as a showcase collection only for sale at the Tribeca location. The restaurant has a large open space with 3 wall shelves that gracefully rise up to the high ceiling, plus the 18 community and single tables.
Elisa loves bunnies and they already had been a common theme at Maman so we decided that I create a collection around that idea. Maman offers French cuisine and pastries in an atmosphere that resembles an old farm houses with beautiful weathered fixtures and furnitures very reminiscent of the French countryside. After a research into Delftware, my aim was to modernize a traditional blue Delft look by creating contemporary bunny characters (dressed in street and designer wear) and garden motifs. They were applied to pieces that resemble farmer’s baskets, pitchers, oval tin cans and round plates. The collection is made of stoneware and hand painted in indigo blue, and the white pieces are simply glazed in white. The Maman collection, that later also expanded into t-shirts and kids clothes, was a major success and keeps selling to this day through my website.
Elisa loves bunnies and they already had been a common theme at Maman so we decided that I create a collection around that idea. Maman offers French cuisine and pastries in an atmosphere that resembles an old farm houses with beautiful weathered fixtures and furnitures very reminiscent of the French countryside. After a research into Delftware, my aim was to modernize a traditional blue Delft look by creating contemporary bunny characters (dressed in street and designer wear) and garden motifs. They were applied to pieces that resemble farmer’s baskets, pitchers, oval tin cans and round plates. The collection is made of stoneware and hand painted in indigo blue, and the white pieces are simply glazed in white. The Maman collection, that later also expanded into t-shirts and kids clothes, was a major success and keeps selling to this day through my website.
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