In 1981, a mysterious buyer purchased a handful of glasses designed by Cini Boeri at the Arnolfo di Cambio store in Beverly Hills. The following year, the glasses appeared in the iconic sci-fi film Bladerunner, when Harrison Ford’s character, Deckard, drinks from one.
I was inspired by Boeri’s silhouette and made what you see here, which I’ve dubbed the “Unicorn Cup.”
It’s designed in CAD software and constructed in a very high quality translucent white porcelain, created using a ceramic 3d printer. This cup is handmade and finished — the inside is glazed a satin matte white and the exterior remains raw , accenting the lines and form with blue and orange underglaze, and hinting at how the cup was made.
The faceted bases of these cups are not 3D printed, they are slabs that have been hand carved and finished, by me, creating a hybrid between the digital and handmade.
Designed, assembled, hand finished, and fired in Burbank, CA by one person.
In 1981, a mysterious buyer purchased a handful of glasses designed by Cini Boeri at the Arnolfo di Cambio store in Beverly Hills. The following year, the glasses appeared in the iconic sci-fi film Bladerunner, when Harrison Ford’s character, Deckard, drinks from one.
I was inspired by Boeri’s silhouette and made what you see here, which I’ve dubbed the “Unicorn Cup.”
It’s designed in CAD software and constructed in a very high quality translucent white porcelain, created using a ceramic 3d printer. This cup is handmade and finished — the inside is glazed a satin matte white and the exterior remains raw , accenting the lines and form with blue and orange underglaze, and hinting at how the cup was made.
The faceted bases of these cups are not 3D printed, they are slabs that have been hand carved and finished, by me, creating a hybrid between the digital and handmade.
Designed, assembled, hand finished, and fired in Burbank, CA by one person.
