The original Rolled Rim — returns October 2024
We’ve spent the last year reimagining our signature dinnerware range, refining every design aspect—clay, colour, form, and finish.
We’ll be sharing more about both process and product in the coming months. But for now, we’ll leave you with this satisfying stack composed by Nat Turnbull and captured by Lauren Bamford.
As always, newsletter subscribers will gain early access, head to softedge.studio to sign up!
Hasami takes its name from the Japanese word for “scissors” — a nod to the region’s centuries of precision porcelain craft, and the scissor-like tongs typically used to hold pottery through the glazing process.
Many of the larger pieces in our collection, with their generous forms and sculptural silhouettes, resist this traditional tool; each piece is instead cradled by hand, dipped and swirled through layers of glaze in a process that feels both deliberate and intimate.
This series by @annikakafcaloudis captures the early days of experimentation, as we refined the balletic hand dance that ensures an even veil of glaze across every curve and contour of the collection—a study in form, craft, and the devotion that shapes every softedge piece.
RECIPE: Temaki Sushi
This is a meal built at the table — rice and a range of fillings, wrapped in freshly toasted, fragrant nori. It’s simple but shaped by attention to detail: rice cooked and seasoned just right, some careful knife work, and considered plating.
Drawn from Akiko Kurematsu’s first book, Mother Tongue, the recipe invites variation and participation — simple enough for a weekday, or scaled up to share with family and friends. And, of course, fun for kids.
View the full recipe via the link in bio.
Or head over to @mothertongebook to order the second edition of Akiko’s cookbook, now available for preorder.
Photography by @wednesdaysbykatie
A TAVOLA! with Akiko Kurematsu
For Mother’s Day, a conversation with Auckland-based journalist and writer Akiko Kurematsu.
Raised across cultures, Akiko describes food as her first language — one she’s carried with her wherever she goes.
Five years on from the release of her first book, Mother Tongue, and now a mother herself, we spoke with Akiko on the eve of a second edition — reflecting on how both the book and her understanding of it have evolved over time.
Read the full interview via the link in bio.
@akikokurematsu@mothertonguebook
Photography by @wednesdaysbykatie
