Gaurav SinghalHomeware designer

Process

From drawing to production

What happens between a drawing and a finished piece: the tooling, the moulds, the samples and the shapes before they are glazed.

01

Letter A hook, from tooling to piece

The letter hooks start as steel tooling. The die and mould parts are cut first, the letters are formed and dried, then glazed and assembled.

Steel die with a raised serif letter A, held in a hand on the factory floor
01The steel die for the letter A hook
Steel tooling and mould parts for the letter A hook laid out on the factory floor
02Tooling and mould parts
Rows of unglazed ceramic letters drying on boards, including M, W, P and A
03Letters in their moulds
Glazed ceramic letters in pink, white and dark green, piled together before assembly
04Glazed letters before assembly
In development

02

Brass letter A

A new piece I am working on now. It is not finished or on sale.

Solid brass letter A set with pieces of mother-of-pearl, held in a hand
05In development: solid brass letter A with mother-of-pearl inlay

03

G monogram mug, design to production

The design visual, then the first sample made from it.

Design visual of a cream mug with a gold letter G, small flowers and a mint handleFirst production sample of the G monogram mug, with raised gold decoration and a mint handle
06 and 07Design visual and the first production sample

04

Ceramic knobs in bisque, before glazing

Bisque is the first firing. The shape is fixed, and the glaze comes next.

Unglazed ceramic knobs with a beaded scalloped rim, in bisque
08Scalloped knobs in bisque, before glazing
Unglazed ceramic knob shapes in bisque on a wooden tray
09Knob shapes in bisque, before glazing
Hundreds of round unglazed ceramic knobs in bisque
10Knob shapes in bisque, before glazing

See the finished work

Contact

For homeware design, buying and product development opportunities

g@gauravsinghal.com