For the avid farmers market shopper, home gardener, or casual forager, summer means plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Those raspberries and strawberries just plucked from the bush, tomatoes tumbling off the vine, and plump zucchinis may need a good rinse before mealtime. If you’re looking to add craft to your kitchen, handmade berry bowls and colanders make preparing your food infinitely more pleasurable.
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Rinse, Eat, Repeat
Market: These handmade ceramic berry bowls and colanders pair perfectly with summer produce.
By the editors of American Craft
June 2, 2022
Photo by Joanna Craw
Fringe and Fettle's porcelain berry bowl.
Negative space is a central component of this honeycomb colander. Bay Area ceramist Morgan Tinetti of Thimbleberry Pottery carves out two gaps in a bowl to form handles and methodically hand-pokes hundreds of holes in a regular pattern to create this strainer. Big enough for a good load of fruit, pasta, or fresh veggies, it’s available in dark cyan or speckled white. / $165
Photo by Morgan Tinetti
Honeycomb colander by Thimbleberry Pottery
This stoneware berry bowl, made by Tina Fossella Pottery, features a sparse, star-shaped pattern of holes. The exterior of the bowl’s shallow modern form is unglazed, and the interior comes in a rainbow of color options. About her artistic practice, Fossella, who lives in Mill Valley, California, says, “I hope to celebrate the sacredness, resiliency, and beauty of life.” / $39.99
Photo by Greer Rivera
Stoneware berry bowl by Tina Fossella Pottery
Blue-green berry bowls from Alice Fujii Ceramics have leaf-shaped cutouts and small round holes for drainage. The overall effect is reminiscent of a nature-inspired cyanotype. Each bowl has twisted and stamped handles and comes with a matching saucer. Fujii, based in La Crescenta, California, has a background in illustration and animation, and the irregular shapes decorating her ceramics are full of life and movement. / $45
Photo by Alice Fujii
Blue-green berry bowls from Alice Fujii Ceramics.
Fringe and Fettle’s porcelain berry bowl comes in three sizes and a variety of colors. The small bowl, pictured here, has a curved handle ideal for nestling in your hand and holds about a cup of berries. With a special love for the tactile element in cooking, F and F’s Joanna Craw works in the garage of her suburban Minneapolis home to create food-oriented pieces “meant to be used and well loved.” / $40
Photo by Joanna Craw
Fringe and Fettle's porcelain berry bowl.
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