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THE CUP EXHIBITION

Rhine Gallery

We believe every cup of coffee deserves to be treated with care. That care belongs not only in the beans, extraction and temperature, but also on the cup in your hand. Each cup is paired with a work from the current Rhine Gallery selection, so even the same coffee may leave with a different view. It gives your own cup more character and makes coffee for a friend feel like a small gift chosen with care.

01An artwork for the journey

FOUNDING PROOFS · 000001—000006

Founding concept proof

These launch proofs demonstrate the system and visual range. They have not been issued to customers; fulfilled works will be marked as issued archives.

478 works

Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a family chasing a billowing white bedsheet across a windy rooftop. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000235Painterly Stories

Chasing One Bedsheet

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Chasing One Bedsheet” holds onto a family chasing a billowing white bedsheet across a windy rooftop. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light artwork depicting colored glass fruit casting ruby, green and amber shadows on an old windowsill. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000236Objects & Photography

Glass Fruit at Noon

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Glass Fruit at Noon” holds onto colored glass fruit casting ruby, green and amber shadows on an old windowsill. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks artwork depicting a bicycle procession carrying musical instruments across an arched bridge. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000237Print Lab

Bicycle Bridge Orchestra

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Bicycle Bridge Orchestra” holds onto a bicycle procession carrying musical instruments across an arched bridge. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly artwork depicting a layered torn-paper forest and cabin contained inside a wordless vintage stamp. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000238Paper & Collage

Forest Inside a Stamp

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Forest Inside a Stamp” holds onto a layered torn-paper forest and cabin contained inside a wordless vintage stamp. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a child watering an enormous moon-shaped flower in a bright courtyard. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000239Painterly Stories

Watering the Moon Flower

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Watering the Moon Flower” holds onto a child watering an enormous moon-shaped flower in a bright courtyard. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light artwork depicting a blue knitted textile curling into an ocean wave on the sand. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000240Objects & Photography

Knitted Tide

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Knitted Tide” holds onto a blue knitted textile curling into an ocean wave on the sand. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks artwork depicting colorful umbrellas appearing to dance above a produce market in a sudden breeze. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000241Print Lab

Market Where Umbrellas Dance

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Market Where Umbrellas Dance” holds onto colorful umbrellas appearing to dance above a produce market in a sudden breeze. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly artwork depicting folded blue paper forming pool lanes and the rhythm of swimmers. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000242Paper & Collage

Folded Pool Lanes

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Folded Pool Lanes” holds onto folded blue paper forming pool lanes and the rhythm of swimmers. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light artwork depicting sliced citrus, paper flags and wood forming a miniature carnival on a table. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000244Objects & Photography

Citrus Carnival

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Citrus Carnival” holds onto sliced citrus, paper flags and wood forming a miniature carnival on a table. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks artwork depicting two dogs playing table tennis in a neighborhood courtyard as neighbors watch. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000245Print Lab

Courtyard Table Tennis

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Courtyard Table Tennis” holds onto two dogs playing table tennis in a neighborhood courtyard as neighbors watch. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly artwork depicting torn-paper boats, warehouses and sunrise layered into a quiet harbor. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000246Paper & Collage

Dawn at the Torn-Paper Harbor

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Dawn at the Torn-Paper Harbor” holds onto torn-paper boats, warehouses and sunrise layered into a quiet harbor. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting two friends carrying a long mirror that reflects only blue sky and leaves. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000247Painterly Stories

Carrying a Piece of Sky

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Carrying a Piece of Sky” holds onto two friends carrying a long mirror that reflects only blue sky and leaves. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light artwork depicting handmade ceramic birds with varied glazes and postures perched on an old wire. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000248Objects & Photography

Ceramic Birds on the Wire

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Ceramic Birds on the Wire” holds onto handmade ceramic birds with varied glazes and postures perched on an old wire. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks artwork depicting a beetle piloting a leaf ferry carrying seed passengers across a pond. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000249Print Lab

Beetle Ferry

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Beetle Ferry” holds onto a beetle piloting a leaf ferry carrying seed passengers across a pond. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly artwork depicting fabric mountains, a stitched road and tiny buses forming a quilted route. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000250Paper & Collage

Stitched Mountain Route

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Stitched Mountain Route” holds onto fabric mountains, a stitched road and tiny buses forming a quilted route. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting four neighbors sharing a summer lunch around a low table by a blue doorway. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000251Painterly Stories

Lunch by the Blue Door

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Lunch by the Blue Door” holds onto four neighbors sharing a summer lunch around a low table by a blue doorway. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light artwork depicting fern shadows falling across rumpled linen, an old chair and one green pear. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000252Objects & Photography

Fern Shadow and One Pear

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Fern Shadow and One Pear” holds onto fern shadows falling across rumpled linen, an old chair and one green pear. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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ONE FULL-SIZE EDITION

When a work stays with you,collect the full piece

Each artwork is offered as a single full-size physical edition. Once collected, it is marked as privately held: no new physical editions are produced, and the image leaves future cup-sticker rotations.

How collecting works

FROM ARCHIVE TO CUP

How an artwork reaches the cup

  1. 01

    New work enters the collection

    The work is not limited to coffee and is never tied to a particular drink. A city, shoreline, summer afternoon, dream or odd thought may become the next piece.

  2. 02

    Rhine curates the current rotation

    Rhine arranges each rotation by season, visual balance and the available collection, allowing photography, print, painting and collage to take turns on the cup.

  3. 03

    Prepared for print and the cup

    Each work is checked again for composition, color and detail at sticker size, then given an artwork ID so the small print retains clarity and texture.

  4. 04

    The artwork travels with coffee

    At service, the cup is paired with a work from the current rotation. Its story remains online after the coffee is gone. Cup art depends on current curation and production availability; the artwork received may vary.

PRIVACY BY DEFAULT

The artwork has an ID; your order is not on display

The gallery keeps only the artwork ID, date, style, medium and creative note. It does not publicly connect a work with a particular customer, drink or order.

THE CUP EXHIBITION

Today, your cup brings you an artwork

Every cup deserves to be treated with care—from extraction and temperature to the artwork on the cup. For yourself, it gives an everyday coffee more character; for a friend, it feels like a small gift chosen beyond the drink itself. Artwork follows the current rotation and production availability, so the piece received may vary.

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