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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

One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate artwork depicting empty fish baskets, melting ice and a wet floor layered in translucent monotype ink. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000307Painterly Stories

After the Fish Market Closes

Visual medium
One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate
Technique
Monotype

“After the Fish Market Closes” uses one-of-one monotype / inked glass plate to preserve empty fish baskets, melting ice and a wet floor layered in translucent monotype ink. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate artwork depicting a round moon seen through old greenhouse glass and plant silhouettes in wet monotype layers. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000308Painterly Stories

Moon Behind the Greenhouse

Visual medium
One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate
Technique
Monotype

“Moon Behind the Greenhouse” uses one-of-one monotype / inked glass plate to preserve a round moon seen through old greenhouse glass and plant silhouettes in wet monotype layers. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting a small bus, streetlights and window glow stitched across deep-blue cloth. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000309Paper & Collage

Embroidered Night Bus

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Embroidered Night Bus” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve a small bus, streetlights and window glow stitched across deep-blue cloth. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting mangoes, leaves and a harvest basket assembled from yellow appliqué and green thread. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000310Paper & Collage

Stitching Mango Season

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Stitching Mango Season” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve mangoes, leaves and a harvest basket assembled from yellow appliqué and green thread. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting two friends in raincoats splashing through a puddle in appliqué and varied stitches. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000311Paper & Collage

Raincoat Friendship

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Raincoat Friendship” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve two friends in raincoats splashing through a puddle in appliqué and varied stitches. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting a fabric whale floating above bookshelves while pages become embroidered waves. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000312Paper & Collage

Thread Whale Library

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Thread Whale Library” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve a fabric whale floating above bookshelves while pages become embroidered waves. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting a pineapple-shaped little house assembled from plaid cloth, linen and crooked stitching. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000313Paper & Collage

Patchwork Pineapple House

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Patchwork Pineapple House” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve a pineapple-shaped little house assembled from plaid cloth, linen and crooked stitching. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting an older woman sewing blue cloth and white thread into a sea beside a window. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000314Paper & Collage

Grandmother Sews the Sea

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Grandmother Sews the Sea” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve an older woman sewing blue cloth and white thread into a sea beside a window. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting pigeons made from varied buttons and gray fabric walking across a checked plaza. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000315Paper & Collage

Button-Pigeon Plaza

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Button-Pigeon Plaza” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve pigeons made from varied buttons and gray fabric walking across a checked plaza. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting red fabric strawberries and green stitched vines extending along a small tram. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000316Paper & Collage

Strawberry Tram Line

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Strawberry Tram Line” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve red fabric strawberries and green stitched vines extending along a small tram. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting two tents, a campfire and a large round moon patched from worn clothing fabrics. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000317Paper & Collage

Quilted Moon Camp

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Quilted Moon Camp” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve two tents, a campfire and a large round moon patched from worn clothing fabrics. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton artwork depicting two pairs of hands visibly mending a circular orange fabric sun with needle and thread. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000318Paper & Collage

Mending the Sun

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Mending the Sun” uses hand embroidery and appliqué / vintage cotton to preserve two pairs of hands visibly mending a circular orange fabric sun with needle and thread. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography artwork depicting a kiln-shifted cobalt glaze river flowing through the center of a rough ceramic plate. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000319Objects & Photography

Plate with a Glazed River

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Plate with a Glazed River” uses hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography to preserve a kiln-shifted cobalt glaze river flowing through the center of a rough ceramic plate. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography artwork depicting two hand-sculpted clay palms supporting a chain of clear glazed raindrops. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000320Objects & Photography

Clay Hands Catch the Rain

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Clay Hands Catch the Rain” uses hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography to preserve two hand-sculpted clay palms supporting a chain of clear glazed raindrops. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography artwork depicting ceramic birds with varied glazes perched on a clay tower with small window openings. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000321Objects & Photography

Ceramic Bird Hotel

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Ceramic Bird Hotel” uses hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography to preserve ceramic birds with varied glazes perched on a clay tower with small window openings. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography artwork depicting hand-painted ceramic swimmers arranged in varied rhythms across blue-and-white pool tiles. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000322Objects & Photography

Tile Swimmers at Noon

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Tile Swimmers at Noon” uses hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography to preserve hand-painted ceramic swimmers arranged in varied rhythms across blue-and-white pool tiles. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography artwork depicting a mist-white ceramic vessel with a crescent doorway revealing a pale gold glazed interior. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000323Objects & Photography

Moon-Door Vessel

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Moon-Door Vessel” uses hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography to preserve a mist-white ceramic vessel with a crescent doorway revealing a pale gold glazed interior. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography artwork depicting hand-built ceramic fruit arranged around tiny ceramic instruments like a circular orchestra. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000324Objects & Photography

Glazed Fruit Orchestra

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Glazed Fruit Orchestra” uses hand-built ceramic and glaze / natural-light photography to preserve hand-built ceramic fruit arranged around tiny ceramic instruments like a circular orchestra. 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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