Terai tea and coffee cups embody the expertise of artisans in Nepal and the Bhaktapur Valley. This work around a game of sandstone texture reveals the meticulousness of the gesture, the years of experience that it took to acquire such precision. The delicacy of the streaks, like imprints left by man in the raw earth, is opposed to the smooth glaze. In glossy black, glossy white and matt sienna, this cup illustrates an aesthetic research motivated by a return to the beauty of raw material, to natural colors and to essential shapes.