Foam Bowl by Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders
Foam Bowl, 1997

A part of the Droog Collection that was designed specifically for the German porcelain factory Rosenthal in 1997.

Marcel Wanders developed a technique to produce porcelain objects without the use of plaster molds. A natural sponge is taken and dipped under fluid porcelain clay, the clay impregnates the sponge and after drying the porcelain-impregnated dry sponge is burned in a regular ceramic oven. The sponge totally disappears and the porcelain perfectly copies the delicate texture of the sponge.

A part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Victoria and Albert Museum collections.