The Butter Dish Project

What’s so difficult about making a butter dish?

There have been a few inquiries and orders for butter dishes this season. To do it right, there are a lot of prototypes, samples, dimensions, geometries, and esthetics that Mark has to take into consideration.

The shape and esthetics have to fit the rest of our line. In other words, the butter dish has to go with our dinnerware. Think curves, aspect ratios, and the “feel” of the pieces. Not to mention functional requirements like a tight-fitting lid and the fit around a standard stick of butter.

Mark also has to create a way to make the top and bottom reproducibly. Calculating angles, clay shrinkage, and how each piece fits together takes time and expertise. And we still have not gotten to glazing the pieces yet!

Stop by the gallery soon to see the finished pieces and order your own butter dish or dinnerware set.