Imperfect ceramics by Rae Dunn

Porcelain botany vase

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Designer Rae Dunn creates unique tableware items and decorative accessories, using the tactile nature of clay to personalise her work.

Salt and pepper cellars

Inspired by the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi (loosely described as the acceptance of the beauty of imperfection), Dunn's pieces often look like they have been hand-stitched with threads running through the ceramic, or hand-written on with charcoal sticks.

Bonbon dish