secret nectar in the garden by hyerin jung from finland
designer's own words:
In the increasing speed of life, we often miss enjoying of the slow moment with human senses. Our collection of tableware creates a new ritual from traditions as an antidote.
"Secret *Nectar In The Garden" (2009) is designed to think, act, dream, and muse as well as drink itself. As if bees in mother nature savour their collected honey from flowers, it is to enjoy the slow moment of drinking.
The set is consist of a bowl for warming with a bone china candle holder, another bowl for dry foods and its lid, and double-layered thermal cups, which are variable to serve many different warm drinks.
<< specification >>
bowl 1. (for dry food), porcelain, ∅19.5 cm
bowl 2. (for warming liquid), porcelain, ∅19.5 cm
candle holder, bone china, bowl 1, porcelain, ∅ 6.5 cm
thermal cup, porcelain, ∅ 6.5 cm
lid, oak wood, ∅17 cm
spoon, glass and bronze, 18.4 cm
*nectar[nektar]
noun
1 a sugary fluid secreted by plants, esp. within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals. It is collected by bees to make into honey.
2. (in Greek and Roman mythology) the drink of the gods.
[New oxford dictionary]
bowl 1. for dry food
warm drink set (a dry food bowl with a lid, thermal cups, a spoon)
bowl 2. for warming the liquid