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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

Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks artwork depicting a trumpet player performing to tomatoes, sunflowers and pigeons in a rooftop garden. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000253Print Lab

Rooftop Garden Solo

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Rooftop Garden Solo” holds onto a trumpet player performing to tomatoes, sunflowers and pigeons in a rooftop garden. 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 corrugated-cardboard planet wrapped in laundry lines, fabric, houses and clothespin trees. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000254Paper & Collage

Laundry Planet

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Laundry Planet” holds onto a corrugated-cardboard planet wrapped in laundry lines, fabric, houses and clothespin trees. 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 tiny sailboats made from old wooden spoons, linen and thread floating in a metal basin. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000256Objects & Photography

Wooden Spoon Fleet

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Wooden Spoon Fleet” holds onto tiny sailboats made from old wooden spoons, linen and thread floating in a metal basin. 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 red lobster riding a parcel bicycle along a breezy coastal road. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000257Print Lab

Lobster Delivery Route

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Lobster Delivery Route” holds onto a red lobster riding a parcel bicycle along a breezy coastal road. 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 three cut-paper dogs digging, chasing a ribbon and resting on a beach with a paper parasol. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000258Paper & Collage

Paper Dogs at the Beach

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Paper Dogs at the Beach” holds onto three cut-paper dogs digging, chasing a ribbon and resting on a beach with a paper parasol. 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 reader sitting on a patterned rug hovering only a few centimeters above the living-room floor. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000259Painterly Stories

Reading Above the Floor

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Reading Above the Floor” holds onto a reader sitting on a patterned rug hovering only a few centimeters above the living-room floor. 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 clear soap bubbles spanning wire arches around a small patch of herbs. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000260Objects & Photography

Bubble Greenhouse

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Bubble Greenhouse” holds onto clear soap bubbles spanning wire arches around a small patch of herbs. 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 commuters carrying baskets of oversized tomatoes through a bright station concourse. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000261Print Lab

Tomato Commuter Tide

Visual medium
Hand-pulled relief print / layered inks

“Tomato Commuter Tide” holds onto commuters carrying baskets of oversized tomatoes through a bright station concourse. 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 wordless receipts, tracing-paper stars and red thread forming a constellation on deep-blue paper. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000262Paper & Collage

Receipt Constellation

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Receipt Constellation” holds onto wordless receipts, tracing-paper stars and red thread forming a constellation on deep-blue paper. 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 six friends sharing watermelon in a loose circle on a rooftop at sunset. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000263Painterly Stories

Rooftop Watermelon Circle

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Rooftop Watermelon Circle” holds onto six friends sharing watermelon in a loose circle on a rooftop at sunset. 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 beach pebbles, sea glass and driftwood forming a gentle face on wet sand. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000264Objects & Photography

Face After Low Tide

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Face After Low Tide” holds onto beach pebbles, sea glass and driftwood forming a gentle face on wet sand. 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 plywood whale-shaped bicycle cart parked outside a neighborhood workshop. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000265Objects & Photography

Whale Bicycle Cart

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Whale Bicycle Cart” holds onto a blue plywood whale-shaped bicycle cart parked outside a neighborhood workshop. 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 origami birds carrying colored paper strips to repair an unfinished rainbow. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000266Paper & Collage

Birds Repair the Rainbow

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Birds Repair the Rainbow” holds onto origami birds carrying colored paper strips to repair an unfinished rainbow. 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 grandmother repainting an old wooden chair bright yellow in an open doorway. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000267Painterly Stories

Paint the Chair Yellow

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Paint the Chair Yellow” holds onto a grandmother repainting an old wooden chair bright yellow in an open 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 flowers made from copper, old spoons, washers and wire arranged in a rough ceramic vase. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000268Objects & Photography

Metal Bouquet

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Metal Bouquet” holds onto flowers made from copper, old spoons, washers and wire arranged in a rough ceramic vase. 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 cat sitting naturally on a worn red chair inside a plant-filled miniature barber shop. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000269Objects & Photography

Plant-Room Barber Cat

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Plant-Room Barber Cat” holds onto a cat sitting naturally on a worn red chair inside a plant-filled miniature barber shop. 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 an island patched from vintage fabric with red-thread roads and a button-and-twine harbor. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000270Paper & Collage

Stitched Island Map

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Stitched Island Map” holds onto an island patched from vintage fabric with red-thread roads and a button-and-twine harbor. 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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