Cloud Terre Collection No 1

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Cloud Terre StudioŽ is a multidisciplinary design studio located outside of Washington DC, partnered with Fortessa Tableware Solutions™, an internationally renowned designer, developer and marketer of tableware.

Founder and design director Amber Kendrick creates unique, handcrafted tableware for experience conscious customers.

Her thoughtful forms are designed to occupy the point where chef, diner, design and the shared culinary experience converge.

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“[tableware] has structure, a ‘facade’ and a function. But mostly it has an identity within a larger context...in urban planning you would say they are part of the ‘fabric’ of the city...Buildings have heartbeats and I feel as though tableware needs to as well.”

– amber k.

/ I N S P I R AT I O N CLOUD TERRE STUDIO® | A FORTESSA TABLEWARE SOLUTIONS™ COMPANY

Drawing from an eclectic background in architecture, performance, and art, Amber blends disciplines to create tableware intentionally suited for its operational space.

Like any good example of architecture, Amber’s forms are both aesthetic and functional.

Each piece’s performance characteristics are carefully considered – how it will be held and carried, how it will be stored, durability, even the subtle sound it will make as it’s placed on a table. These are the performative details that inform the creative process, resulting in tableware that is built not simply produced.

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“The language of architecture translates fluently into the language of tableware design.

My background in performance contributed to defining this language where ‘design | build’ presented itself as a method for creating tableware.” -amber k.

DESIGN | BUILD Meals are expressive and communal, with the thoughts and experiences of the chef and the diner intersecting around a plate.

Amber’s design | build approach in collaboration with chefs, enhances that exchange by making the plate part of the discussion; a facilitator that, literally and figuratively, brings the chef’s work and the diner’s experience together.

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“The tableware communicates shared energy. Energy from conversation between designer and chef, maker and object, farmer and land, chef and ingredients, diner and the experience. ” – amber k.

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Inspired by her conversations with chefs, the creation of culinary “performance spaces”, and the pervasive spirit of collaboration, Amber has designed her first Cloud Terre Studio Collection, aptly named collection n°1.

Cooking, plating, and sharing food is interactive and performative. Cloud Terre collection n°1 provides the stage, creating the perfect place for the story the chef wants to tell to be experienced.

BUILDING A STAGE

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MILES

Variegated Charcoal Plate 10” x 0.5” Variegated White Plate 10” x 0.5”

SIMONE

Variegated Charcoal Plate 8” x 7” x 0.75” Variegated White Plate 8” x 7” x 0.75”

HUGO

Variegated Charcoal Coupe 10.75” x 1.75” 8.5” x 1.75” Variegated White Coupe 10.75” x 1.75” 8.5” x 1.75”

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NORA

Variegated Charcoal Bowl 10” x 9” x 2” Variegated White Bowl 10” x 9” x 2”

CLOUD TERRE STUDIO® | A FORTESSA TABLEWARE SOLUTIONS™ COMPANY

ETTA

Variegated Charcoal Bowl 5.5” x 3” Variegated White Bowl 5.5” x 3”

ARLO

Variegated Charcoal Bowl 11” x 2” (special order only) 8.5” x 1.5” 6” x 1” Variegated White Bowl 11” x 2” (special order only) 8.5” x 1.5” 6” x 1”

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DUKE

Variegated Charcoal Platter 13” x 9” Variegated White Platter 13” x 9”

LENA (special order only) Variegated Charcoal Bowl 9” x 5” Variegated White Bowl 9” x 5”

MONK

Variegated Charcoal Plate 7” x 1” Variegated White Plate 7” x 1”

HARLAN

Variegated Charcoal Cup 3” x 3” 8oz Variegated White Cup 3” x 3” 8oz

collection n°1

/ M A N U FAC T U R I N G CLOUD TERRE STUDIO® | A FORTESSA TABLEWARE SOLUTIONS™ COMPANY

Cloud Terre tableware is proudly handcrafted in the United States by local ceramic artisans. Cloud Terre Studio and Fortessa Tableware Solutions are reintroducing traditional production pottery methods for the manufacturing of collection n°1 in our Virginia facility.

Under the guidance of Amber’s artistic vision, subtle differences are created in each handmade piece.

And through the transference of heat on the shape and surface during firing, the forms of collection no. 1 emerge with unique variations – each a work of functional art, capturing the tension of frozen motion.

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DESIGN

inspired by the improvisational moment between conversation and experience.

BUILD

a handcrafted performance space where diners and culinary ideas intersect.

TA B L E WA R E

that becomes part of your story.

CLOUD TERRE STUDIO® | A FORTESSA TABLEWARE SOLUTIONS™ COMPANY

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