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Olga Makinze

Málaga · Spain

Olga Makinze

“ÜM Studio is a creative space where Japanese and Scandinavian design philosophies unite into a single expression of calm, simplicity, and natural beauty.”

Olga makes ceramics and candles by hand in the south of Spain, in small batches, and runs the workshop herself. The range covers cups, plates, incense holders, spoon rests and scented candles poured into cups you keep. Some of it is quiet and some of it is not: a cup with a croissant stuck to the side, a plate shaped like a slice of toast, espresso cups pinched into shape by hand rather than thrown. All of it is meant for daily use rather than a shelf, and because no glaze comes out twice the same, no two pieces match perfectly.

I have three questions for you, and something in return.

Three questions.

Selected pieces

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Croissant Mug
€37· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
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Croissant Cup
€32· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Coffee Beans Mug
€37· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Koi Cup
€34· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price

Studio ÜM Interior · Malaga, Spain

A croissant you can drink from

Most of what sits on a kitchen shelf was made a long way away by nobody in particular. Olga's was not.

Nothing is made to be admired from a distance. Cups, plates, incense holders, spoon rests, candles: objects meant to be picked up every morning and washed by hand every evening. There is a plate shaped like a slice of toast, sold with a mug that sits on it, which tells you most of what you need to know. Olga makes them in the south of Spain, in small batches, and runs the workshop herself. A cup with a bit of weight to it. A tray small enough for an incense stick or a pair of earrings. A spoon rest with a rough, unfinished-looking edge. Nothing is trying to be more than what it is.

A toast-shaped plate with a croissant-decorated mug sitting on it

No two the same

The glazes are where the control ends. On the Nox incense holder they run from a cosmic grey into blue, purple, a milky white and a warm brown, and the shape underneath is left deliberately irregular. Olga says as much on every listing: slight variation in colour and form is part of the piece, never a flaw. Hand wash, she asks, to keep it that way.

The Nox incense holder, its glaze run from grey into blue and brown

A bit of a joke in the clay

Not all of it is quiet. There is a cup with a small croissant stuck to the side, and a matcha bowl with croissants sculpted and painted onto it. Cups dotted with coffee beans. Cups painted with lemons, in tribute to the gardens around the studio. Espresso cups in black and white, pinched into shape by hand rather than thrown. A folded note in glazed clay, carrying a message you choose yourself. All of it sits in the same small range as the speckled plates and the plain grey cups, which is unusual: most studios pick a lane and stay in it.

A hand lifting a cup with a small croissant stuck to its side

The scented candles are poured into cups you keep once the wax has gone, so half the range ends up back in the cupboard as something to drink from.

A gingerbread-scented candle poured into a glazed stoneware mug

All of it comes out of the same small workshop, which is the part that is easy to miss. A cup with a croissant on it is a joke somebody still had to sculpt, glaze and fire, one at a time. She says as much herself, on her own listings, next to the pieces she has not finished yet.

Pre-order means I'm still working on the pieces.

Nothing here is too good to use.

The collection

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Halloween Skull Candles
€30· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Gingerbread Mug
€37· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Gingerbread Candle Mug
€32· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Nox Incense Holder
€23· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Sumi Incense Holder Tray
€23· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
Studio Üm
Rustic Spoon Rest
€26· ledge pricemeet the maker for the ledge price
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