A NEW FORM IS TAKING SHAPE!
Launching spring 2026
Digital precision meets hand-thrown origins.
Donut is a collaborative project by Alexandru Murar and Anette Leegaard, developed at our studio Skuret on Bornholm. The work explores how traditional ceramic craftsmanship can merge with modern digital tools to achieve new levels of precision, reproducibility, and expression.
Bringing our complementary skills together, Alexandru as the wheel-thrower and Anette as the digital modeler, we transformed a hand-thrown teapot into a refined and reproducible product. Using 3D software, resin printing, and plaster mold making, the design evolved from an artisanal prototype into a form suitable for both small series and potential larger-scale production.
Intention, balance, and material depth from the very beginning.
We've been searching for a form that feels inevitable, a sculptural gesture in service of use. Iconic, humorous, yet fresh and clear.
Ceramics and wood each hold their own autonomy, but can they meet in a way that enhances both? As we moved deeper into the process these choices guided every decision we made.
Donut derives from the iconic torus shape, playful, familiar, and perfectly balanced between sculptural clarity and functional intent. It reflects our ongoing search for a fine
equilibrium between the figurative and the functional, proposing an intuitive and sensorial user experience.
Each teapot is cast in porcelain and fitted with a wooden lid made from walnut or ash. Donut is reduction-fired, a technique chosen in coherence with the porcelain body and for the subtle depth of color it gives to glazes.
Familiar, yet anew.
All pieces are produced and assembled by hand in small batches at our studio in Nexø. Alongside standard editions, we plan special limited runs, exploring variations in glazes, surface treatments, and firing methods.
As part of the product design, we also developed a custom packaging solution and an accompanying info card, conceived to complement the teapot’s form and communicate its material and making process.
Staying close to the making
About SKURET
Skuret is a ceramics studio based in Nexø on Bornholm, founded by Anette Leegaard and Alexandru Murar. Drawing on the island’s ceramic heritage and local materials, we create functional tableware alongside singular pieces.
All work is produced in our workshop, with wheel-thrown stoneware and cast porcelain. A selection of our work is presented at FORMA, an independent shop and gallery run collectively with other makers.
Anette Leegaard
Anette works primarily with cast porcelain. Her practice explores alternative methods and materials, questioning traditional ceramic processes and ideas of production.
Through an experimental approach—using molds made from paper, textiles, and other absorbent materials—her work develops surfaces and textures shaped by constraint and adaptation. Finished with glazes made from local materials, the objects reflect an interest in self-sufficiency and material awareness.
Alexandru Murar
Alexandru works primarily at the potter’s wheel, focusing on functional forms shaped by use and tradition. The wheel is his main tool for developing proportion and presence, resulting in clear, considered shapes.
His practice includes assembling multiple thrown elements and ongoing material research, with a focus on ash glazes, atmosphere and kiln processes. Through this work, he explores the aesthetic potential of functional forms with gentle, organic contours.
Get a glimpse of our produkts
At Skuret, we create utilitarian objects in stoneware and porcelain through wheel-throwing and casting. Our focus is on functionality and craftsmanship, shaping pieces for the table and home that are made to be used and enjoyed every day.
