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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 boy and a tall white heron sharing one yellow umbrella beside a flooded field. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000271Painterly Stories

One Umbrella, Two Species

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“One Umbrella, Two Species” holds onto a boy and a tall white heron sharing one yellow umbrella beside a flooded field. 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 wooden spools, folded fabric, tailor chalk and brass thimbles balanced into a tower. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000272Objects & Photography

Tower on the Tailor’s Table

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Tower on the Tailor’s Table” holds onto wooden spools, folded fabric, tailor chalk and brass thimbles balanced into a tower. 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 large flock of pigeons walking together across a sunlit plaza as a child watches. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000273Objects & Photography

Pigeons’ Morning Parade

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Pigeons’ Morning Parade” holds onto a large flock of pigeons walking together across a sunlit plaza as a child watches. 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 fish cut from varied gift wrap swimming through layers of translucent blue tissue. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000274Paper & Collage

Gift-Wrap Fish School

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“Gift-Wrap Fish School” holds onto fish cut from varied gift wrap swimming through layers of translucent blue tissue. 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 family sharing a simple balcony picnic as a huge pale moon rises between buildings. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000275Painterly Stories

Balcony Moon Picnic

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Balcony Moon Picnic” holds onto a family sharing a simple balcony picnic as a huge pale moon rises between buildings. 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 three lemons beside rumpled linen as a sheer curtain moves over an old tiled floor. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000276Objects & Photography

Lemons and the Summer Curtain

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Lemons and the Summer Curtain” holds onto three lemons beside rumpled linen as a sheer curtain moves over an old tiled floor. 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 entire neighborhood sharing dinner along both sides of one very long outdoor table. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000277Paper & Collage

The Neighborhood’s Long Table

Visual medium
Handmade paper collage / dimensional assembly

“The Neighborhood’s Long Table” holds onto an entire neighborhood sharing dinner along both sides of one very long outdoor table. 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 weathered bicycle parked beneath woven bamboo shade with a striped towel drying on its rack. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000278Objects & Photography

Bicycle Under Bamboo Shade

Visual medium
Still-life and lifestyle photography / natural light

“Bicycle Under Bamboo Shade” holds onto a weathered bicycle parked beneath woven bamboo shade with a striped towel drying on its rack. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting fern fronds and a slender wooden ladder overlapping on cyanotype paper. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000279Print Lab

Fern Ladder to the Sky

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Fern Ladder to the Sky” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve fern fronds and a slender wooden ladder overlapping on cyanotype paper. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting a swim cap, shells, keys and fabric pockets leaving cyanotype silhouettes of summer belongings. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000280Print Lab

Summer Pockets

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Summer Pockets” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve a swim cap, shells, keys and fabric pockets leaving cyanotype silhouettes of summer belongings. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting radially arranged seaweed and drift threads forming a numberless tide clock. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000281Print Lab

Seaweed Tide Clock

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Seaweed Tide Clock” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve radially arranged seaweed and drift threads forming a numberless tide clock. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting citrus slices and leaf veins forming translucent circular cyanotype shadows. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000282Print Lab

Citrus Eclipse Study

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Citrus Eclipse Study” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve citrus slices and leaf veins forming translucent circular cyanotype shadows. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting cloth scraps, clothespins and thread forming a wordless cyanotype notation of wind. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000283Print Lab

Laundry Wind Notation

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Laundry Wind Notation” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve cloth scraps, clothespins and thread forming a wordless cyanotype notation of wind. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting bird feathers, wire and rings forming a light cyanotype orbit. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000284Print Lab

Feather Radio Orbit

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Feather Radio Orbit” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve bird feathers, wire and rings forming a light cyanotype orbit. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting ten paper boats and raindrop-shaped glass pieces mapping changing weather in cyanotype. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000285Print Lab

Paper-Boat Weather

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Paper-Boat Weather” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve ten paper boats and raindrop-shaped glass pieces mapping changing weather in cyanotype. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting scissors, trowel, gloves and vines leaving cyanotype silhouettes arranged like dance steps. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000286Print Lab

Garden Tool Ballet

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Garden Tool Ballet” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve scissors, trowel, gloves and vines leaving cyanotype silhouettes arranged like dance steps. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting the cyanotype silhouettes of two pairs of real hands supporting a wave-shaped translucent cloth. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000287Print Lab

Two Hands Carry a River

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Two Hands Carry a River” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve the cyanotype silhouettes of two pairs of real hands supporting a wave-shaped translucent cloth. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper artwork depicting ten herbs, twine and an old window-frame edge preserving afternoon light in cyanotype. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000288Print Lab

Window Herb Archive

Visual medium
Sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper
Technique
Cyanotype

“Window Herb Archive” uses sun-exposed cyanotype / cotton rag paper to preserve ten herbs, twine and an old window-frame edge preserving afternoon light in cyanotype. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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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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