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Hering Berlin Perforated Deep Bowl

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Manufacturer: Hering

Designer: Stephanie Hering

Location: Berlin, Germany

Design Year: Contemporary

Color: White

Size: 10.25"d x 3.5"l

Material: Handmade from bisque porcelain

The Product
Hering Berlin’s hand drilled perforations almost become op art when applied to their deep porcelain bowl. Hand thrown and shaped before the boring process, this bowl’s got breathing room, making it perfect for holding fruits and vegetables. Dishwasher and microwave safe.

The Designer
When we first met Stephanie Hering in Paris years ago, she was selling her beautifully handcrafted porcelain vases hoping to make an impression on a tableware market flooded with major manufacturers and mass-produced products.

Flash-forward nearly six years to Hering Berlin, one of the most respected porcelain houses to emerge from Germany in the past decade. What started with vases quickly became plates, bowls, cups – all of which still bear the hallmarks of Stephanie’s original vision: crisply stylish pieces skillfully made. Forming Hering Berlin with her husband, the architect Götz Esslinger, and ceramics specialist Wiebke Lehmann, Stephanie Hering has succeeded in making an impression.

The design process is still a homegrown process for Hering, who lives with a piece in her house at least six months before approving it for production. While most designers do the majority of their designing in the studio, Hering lets real life and everyday living influence her final design decisions, something most designers don’t have the patience for.

Working with a group of highly skilled potters, each piece from Hering is 100% handmade from start to finish. Pieces are either thrown and shaped on the potter’s wheel freehand, hand thrown over plaster forms, or slip-casted. Molds are a no-no in the Hering studio. Pieces are then either hand shellacked for a glossy finish, or bisque is delicately hand washed and smoothed for a raw finish. For their signature perforated bowls, each hole is carefully hand cut, sometimes meaning as many as 6,300 holes for a single piece.

In addition to perpetuating the handcrafted tradition of producing fine porcelain, since opening in 1999, the porcelain house has tried to help reestablish some of the traditions of porcelain making that have been lost over the years. In order to use the traditional pigment, cobalt blue, in their pieces, they devised an innovative firing technique unique to their studio. A combination of new world design and old world material and sensibility typifies Hering Berlin’s philosophy and style.

Part Number	HBperf-deep
Model Number	1452
Regular Price Each	$590.00
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