Tableware Production
Eight steps and many hands
Our porcelain is made in a small family workshop in Vietnam, where the craft has been passed down through generations. Every step takes time, experience and many careful decisions. Slower than a factory, and that is exactly what makes it special. Every Tinkalu piece begins soft and shapeless and passes through many hands before it reaches your table. Skilled artisans give it its form, and no two pieces are alike. That is why your tableware is made just for you.
Chapter 01
The Pour
In the beginning, everything is still liquid: a fine mixture of kaolin and water is poured by experienced hands into delicate plaster moulds. Still formless, still full of possibility.
Chapter 02
The Rest
The plaster draws the water out of the mixture. Not quickly, not by machine, but at its own pace. After a few hours, a wafer-thin wall has formed. Each mould is used around 100 times and then replaced, so that every edge stays precise and every piece turns out as fine as the first. That is what makes your tableware so special.
Chapter 03
The Release
The mould is opened, and a craftswoman gently lifts out the bowl. It is still rough and fragile, but unmistakably taking shape. Every piece is a little different; no two are exactly alike. This is the handwork you will feel later.
Chapter 04
The Smoothing
Edges are trimmed, surfaces smoothed. Fingers trace every curve until it feels just right. This is where the organic shape emerges, the one you won't want to put down.
Chapter 05
The First Firing
Into the kiln. 1,200 degrees. Intense heat turns the fragile blank into firm, robust, yet wonderfully delicate and light porcelain. This is where true expertise shows. It takes experience to know how the clay will react before it is fired.
Chapter 06
The Inspection
Every piece is picked up, inspected and cleaned. Anything that doesn't meet our standards goes no further.
Chapter 07
The Glaze
The inside is glazed by hand. Then the second firing: the glaze melts and gives the porcelain its glossy surface. This is not just design, but knowledge and craftsmanship.
Chapter 08
The Signature
Last of all, the signature on the base. It turns a piece of porcelain into an original. Made by hand, inspected, approved. You can tell at once that it is genuine. Not a label. A promise.
Ready for you. Liquid earth has become tableware that lasts. All it needs now is a place at your table. Handmade means: never the same twice. A rim that runs a touch uneven. A tiny speck in the glaze. Not a flaw, but the fingerprint of a person who completes every piece with experience and skill. Not factory goods, but true craftsmanship.