Bring the woods to your dinner table with stump glasses, hand blown by Portland, Oregon-based Lynn Read of Vitreluxe Glassworks. Read created a mold from an oak branch, and then painstakingly blew the glass into the mold before removing it to dry. These tree trunk-inspired tumblers sell in a set of two.
From her Unique Series, Carola Zee’s set of four gray ceramic coffee spoons for Label Aleph will delight any bean aficionado. The various porcelain shapes are manipulated by pressing the thumb into the clay—a key feature in the design—not only for functionality but because it uniquely molds each shape during the firing process.
Izola provides a good flask for every type of sipper. Constructed from the most durable of stainless steel, available in 5-ounce or 3-ounce sizes depending on one’s tolerance, these classy vessels are available inscribed with a number of different cheers-worthy expressions—”to hell with work” for instance. The pleasing circular shape of these containers is quite aerodynamic, easily moving from your pocket, to your mouth, and …
