
Dogu™ draws its name from earthenware figurines made in the Jōmon period (14,000-400 BC). Created from animal bone ash and white clay, bone china’s origins can be traced back to the early 1880s when Josiah Spode the Second was said to have introduced the technique of creating the hybrid hard-paste porcelain. Bones, often those of cattle, were finely ground into ash before they were mixed with other materials to create the strong, chip-resistant and immensely beautiful material now favoured in fi ne tableware manufacturing.

The pendant is available with either a silver or gold suspension and matching cord. Centuries later, Geertsen has reinterpreted the Japanese dogu through his own dialogue with ceramics, deconstructing the relic to present his own abstract sculpture in the form of the Dogu™ pendant. The result is translucent, sculptural and simply exceptional — a suspension of time-honoured techniques in the contemporary art world.
W. Atelier
201 Henderson Road,
#01-01 and #03-01,
Singapore 159545 House of W. Atelier
75 Bukit Timah Road, #01-01,
Singapore 229833