Login

Cart

Your cart is empty
Collection

Pot Variations

Designer

Aldo Bakker

We first approached Aldo Bakker in 2019 to design a family of objects for J. HILL’s Standard. We were drawn by the lightness that suffuses all of Aldo’s objects. This quality springs partly from his strong sense of play and humour. Beauty, magic, escape from the world of noise into embodied calm and quietness –these things are fugitive but to the fore in everything he creates. The capture of an early primary gesture led to an exploration of ideas though extended conversation and sketches over the last two years.

This painstaking process, in many ways enabled by extended pandemic lockdown, led to the incubation of a family of forms. From this pool of potential, a handful of pieces came into being. A deliberate openness to possibility in the design stage lead us on a journey of method and material discovery: each piece enacting its identity in various materials – glass both blown and kiln cast, brass, stone and porcelain. This is POT VARIATIONS, a family of things, each bearing its own name and individual characteristics.

Cloud Pipe

An air borne puff of a pipe.

The pots accompany you through the ceremonies of the everyday; each one functioning both as a sculptural and a practical object.

Productions: Frans Ottink (Studio Zand) / Borosilocate producer.
Brown glass Cloud Pipe photographed on a white background to highlight its sculptural, cloud-like form.Woman smoking a mouth-blown glass Cloud Pipe, smoke drifting gently through a dark, atmospheric scene that highlights the sculptural elegance of the piece.
Amber Glass Cloud Pipe Sale price€120,00
Porcelain Cloud Pipe photographed on a white background to highlight its sculptural, cloud-like form.Porcelain Cloud Pipe photographed on a white background to highlight its sculptural, cloud-like form.
Grey Porcelain Cloud Pipe Sale price€180,00
Blown glass Cloud Pipe photographed on a white background to highlight its sculptural, cloud-like form.Five Cloud Pipes in glass and porcelain on a wooden table, illuminated by soft daylight filtering through curtains, showcasing form, material, and transparency.
Grey Glass Cloud Pipe Sale price€120,00
Sage porcelain glass Cloud Pipe photographed on a white background to highlight its sculptural, cloud-like form.Pair of porcelain Cloud Pipes with soft, organic contours, displayed on a white background, blending function and form in minimalist design.
Sage Green Porcelain Cloud Pipe Sale price€180,00
Clear blown glass Cloud Pipe photographed on a white background to highlight its sculptural, cloud-like form.Five Cloud Pipes in glass and porcelain on a wooden table, illuminated by soft daylight filtering through curtains, showcasing form, material, and transparency.
Clear Glass Cloud Pipe Sale price€120,00

2 colors available
Cloud PipeCloud Pipe
Cloud Pipe Sale priceFrom €120,00

5 colors available

HopStep

The HopStep family come in kiln cast glass, blown glass, porcelain and stone.
This piece is the pivotal one. The name comes from the initial sketched gesture that Aldo needed to get out. A bouncing tick. A hop and a step.

The movement gives the piece its life. Making the final piece in cast crystal is complex, each stage, from building the moulds to hand-sculpting the final piece is slow and precise. Figuring it out involved a two-year research process with Richard Whiteley of Corning Studio, into the making of HopStep and Moustache. Richard is an artist and teacher at Corning. His work focuses primarily on cast glass and explores voids as the primary constructive agent. In his words: ‘The works are built from the inside out; voids are ordered first and external structures are built to encapsulate these spaces. The works explore negative space using glass as a substrate’. Future editions will be made at our studio in Ireland as the ultimate goal is the development and transfer of skills.
HopStep pot in lead crystal glass perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.HopStep pot in lead crystal glass perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.
HopStep Lead Crystal (Limited Edition) Sale price€4.800,00
HopStep pot in noir porcelain perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.HopStep pot in noir porcelain perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.
HopStep - Belge Noir Sale price€4.800,00
HopStep pot in kiln-cast blown glass shown on a white background to highlight its sculptural, organic form.Kiln-cast blown glass pot on a warmly lit table, with light filtering through the translucent form and foliage inside, showcasing craftsmanship and material depth.
HopStep - Blown Glass (Brown) Sale price€180,00
HopStep pot in kiln-cast blown glass perfect for sake, oil, tea or infusing shown on a white background Kiln-cast HopStep glass pot on a warmly lit table, with light filtering through the translucent form and foliage inside, showcasing craftsmanship and material depth.
HopStep - Blown Glass (Grey) Sale price€180,00
HopStep pot in ochre porcelain, perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.HopStep pot in ochre porcelain, perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.
HopStep - Porcelain (Ochre) Sale price€240,00
HopStep pot in brown porcelain, perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.HopStep pot in brown porcelain, perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.
HopStep - Porcelain (Brown) Sale price€240,00
HopStep pot in red porcelain, perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.HopStep pot in red porcelain, perfect for oil, sake, tea or infusing shown on a white background.
HopStep - Porcelain (Red) Sale price€240,00
HopStep FamilyHopStep Family
HopStep Family Sale priceFrom €180,00
HopStep
HopStep