Perfect for Coffee, Soups, or Ale. 

The Kuksa - Inspired by the traditional wooden cup of northern Scandinavian people. These are designed for a great drinking experience with it's tapered and fluted rim to sip from, it's undercut bellied bowl easy to hold onto, and less splashy. Wood naturally insulates well, so it'll keep your hot drinks warm and you cold drinks cool.

 Unlike other materials wood is one of the only ones to have an ever changing patina. What you drink, it absorbs a bit of that charm and overtime develops into a deep dark color inside the bowl. Not just a drinking vessel, but a vessel of another kind. The kind that carry stories from the forest to the table.

The pierced handles are very interesting historically as they were meant to be worn on the bent with a lanyard woven through the holes. I like to think of that negative space as a window, since you can see through it.

Much like peering into a fresh cup of coffee, and looking into the cup at the images floating around in the reflection.

These drinking vessels after many years of use become vessels of another kind that carry the story of the owner, and friends who shared stories around the cup.

Each cup is like a song, reflecting my mood and emotion. They share a little insight into my daily life of how I’m feeling at the time. Each one is completely unique.

These latest cups are part of a series I’ve been working on exploring more complicated forms that are also more comfortable as well as more functional. These series I find very interesting as you’re seeing part of a transition into a new design being created.

Also something else to note, is the type of wood these were carved from. Black Walnut is much harder and dense than my usual birch cups. Meaning it takes three times the effort to carve these, and it’s not a wood I often have access to. Due to the hardness of the wood, it being ring porous, and difficulty to carve where the cups don’t leak is why you probably don’t see much of this wood offered. But my cups have been tested and happily will carry your favorite drink to your face.

These are a limited batch, so you won’t see walnut cups here for a long time.

Each cup with a pierced handle will come with a length of premium grade leather that you can use as a lanyard to hang the kuksa from your belt. Or if you want to go the extra mile, carve a toggle for the end that loops under your belt. That’s how I carry mine.

• Capacity: 7.5 oz (221ml)

• Wood: Black Walnut - Juglans nigra

• Finished in Linseed Oil

• Hand carved by Alex with Axe, Gouge & Knife

• Only traditional hand tools were used in the making of this product - No Bandsaw or Sandpaper.