Copenhagen, Denmark 

Oki Sato, Chief Designer of Nendo, looked to the major elements of nature―water―that served as the theme and the subject of a new Georg Jensen silverware collection, crafted piece by piece by consummate artisans.

Water collected in the deep, central pool may hold flowers vertically like in a vase. 

Increasing the volume of water fills a shallow but wider area on which to float or lay decorative flowers. 

Higher up, the open lip acts as a spout, allowing the vase to be used as a jug.

For subtle integration of three states of water―pooled, spread, and flowing―the vessel was named “Mizuki,” which is coined to mean water vessel in Japanese.

Each Mizuki vessel is forged from a single sheet of .925 sterling silver. 

It is heated at times to temperatures as high as 780 ℃, hammered while soft, and then painstakingly polished. 

Even with the inimitable skills of Georg Jensen silversmiths, it takes 400 hours to craft the three pieces composing the full set of Mizuki.

Project: Mizuki
Designers: Nendo, Inc.
Collaborator: Sherry Huang
Manufacturer: Georg Jensen A/S
Photographers: Hiroshi Iwasaki