Gourmet Ceramic Cat Bowl

Gourmet is the simplest piece in the collection, a small hand-modeled dish meant for a serving of wet food or a few treats. Its low, elegant shape suits a cat that likes its food presented rather than dumped.

The stoneware is fired to 1250 degrees and glazed satin white, a hygienic, food-safe surface that wipes clean and holds no smells. It is not meant to hold water, the shape is made for food.

Specifications

• Material: Hand-modeled refractory stoneware, satin white glaze, food safe
• Dimensions: 5.1 x 3.5 x 2.4 in (13 x 9 x 6 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.