Gaudi Elevated Ceramic Cat Feeder

Gaudi lifts the bowl off the floor, which is easier on a cat's neck and posture at mealtimes and keeps whiskers out of the dust. It comes as two parts, a removable dish that drops into a pierced cylinder, so the bowl lifts straight out for washing.

The stand is wheel-thrown and then cut by hand with a fretwork of openings, the detail that gives the piece its name. Glazed satin white and food safe, it goes in the dishwasher and the microwave.

Specifications

• Material: Wheel-thrown refractory stoneware, satin white glaze, hand-cut pierced decoration, food safe
• Dimensions: 4.3 in high x 5.1 in mouth diameter x 6.9 in base diameter (11 x 13 x 17.5 cm)
• Made in: Spain, by hand

Made by hand, one piece at a time

Sara Monge is a ceramic artist working in Spain, and every piece here leaves her studio by her own hands. The clay is modeled, then fired at high temperature more than once, until stoneware reaches the hardness and stability it needs to live in a home for years. Because each piece is made individually, small variations from one to the next are part of the work, not a flaw in it.

Function that becomes form

These are objects to be used and to be looked at. A cave is a real shelter a cat disappears into and a sculpture that holds its own beside the furniture. A bowl lifts a meal off the floor and reads as a considered object on the counter. The standard is the same throughout, cat pieces made to the level of studio ceramics.