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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 embroidery and fabric appliqué artwork “Garden in Rain Boots,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic embroidery & appliqué marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000415Paper & Collage

Garden in Rain Boots

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Garden in Rain Boots” uses hand embroidery and fabric appliqué to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Uneven stitches, frayed cloth edges and tiny finishing knots make the image feel assembled one patient stitch at a time.

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Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué artwork “Picnic From Above,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic embroidery & appliqué marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000416Paper & Collage

Picnic From Above

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Picnic From Above” uses hand embroidery and fabric appliqué to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Uneven stitches, frayed cloth edges and tiny finishing knots make the image feel assembled one patient stitch at a time.

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Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué artwork “Moon and Crane Mobile,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic embroidery & appliqué marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000417Paper & Collage

Moon and Crane Mobile

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Moon and Crane Mobile” uses hand embroidery and fabric appliqué to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Uneven stitches, frayed cloth edges and tiny finishing knots make the image feel assembled one patient stitch at a time.

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Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué artwork “Map-Cloth Sailboat,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic embroidery & appliqué marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000418Paper & Collage

Map-Cloth Sailboat

Visual medium
Hand embroidery and fabric appliqué
Technique
Embroidery & Appliqué

“Map-Cloth Sailboat” uses hand embroidery and fabric appliqué to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Uneven stitches, frayed cloth edges and tiny finishing knots make the image feel assembled one patient stitch at a time.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Rain-City River Map,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000419Objects & Photography

Rain-City River Map

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Rain-City River Map” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Swallows Over Terraces,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000420Objects & Photography

Swallows Over Terraces

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Swallows Over Terraces” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Orange Tree Platter,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000421Objects & Photography

Orange Tree Platter

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Orange Tree Platter” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Lighthouse in Moonlight,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000422Objects & Photography

Lighthouse in Moonlight

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Lighthouse in Moonlight” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Village Inside a Bowl,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000423Objects & Photography

Village Inside a Bowl

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Village Inside a Bowl” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Celadon Manta,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000424Objects & Photography

Celadon Manta

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Celadon Manta” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Bicycle Through Daisies,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000425Objects & Photography

Bicycle Through Daisies

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Bicycle Through Daisies” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Split Pomegranates,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000426Objects & Photography

Split Pomegranates

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Split Pomegranates” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Glazed Cloud Mountains,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000427Objects & Photography

Glazed Cloud Mountains

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Glazed Cloud Mountains” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze artwork “Amber Ferry Landing,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic ceramic & glaze marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000428Objects & Photography

Amber Ferry Landing

Visual medium
Hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze
Technique
Ceramic & Glaze

“Amber Ferry Landing” uses hand-built ceramic relief with mineral glaze to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Finger marks, kiln freckles, pooled glaze and gently warped edges retain a surface completed by clay and fire.

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Handmade miniature set and macro photography artwork “Greenhouse on Stamps,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic miniature set marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000429Objects & Photography

Greenhouse on Stamps

Visual medium
Handmade miniature set and macro photography
Technique
Miniature Set

“Greenhouse on Stamps” uses handmade miniature set and macro photography to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Cut paper edges, bent wire and tiny glue joins remain visible, giving the reduced world a convincing physical scale.

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Handmade miniature set and macro photography artwork “Night Market Drawer,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic miniature set marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000430Objects & Photography

Night Market Drawer

Visual medium
Handmade miniature set and macro photography
Technique
Miniature Set

“Night Market Drawer” uses handmade miniature set and macro photography to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Cut paper edges, bent wire and tiny glue joins remain visible, giving the reduced world a convincing physical scale.

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Handmade miniature set and macro photography artwork “Ferry on a Folded Map,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic miniature set marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000431Objects & Photography

Ferry on a Folded Map

Visual medium
Handmade miniature set and macro photography
Technique
Miniature Set

“Ferry on a Folded Map” uses handmade miniature set and macro photography to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Cut paper edges, bent wire and tiny glue joins remain visible, giving the reduced world a convincing physical scale.

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Handmade miniature set and macro photography artwork “Shelter Beneath a Leaf,” balancing the subject with negative space and authentic miniature set marks. Founding concept proof

RC-000432Objects & Photography

Shelter Beneath a Leaf

Visual medium
Handmade miniature set and macro photography
Technique
Miniature Set

“Shelter Beneath a Leaf” uses handmade miniature set and macro photography to turn an everyday image into a tactile artwork. Cut paper edges, bent wire and tiny glue joins remain visible, giving the reduced world a convincing physical 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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