Design
Marloe Marloe
Every item is handmade in small batches by artisans, this results in one-of-a-kind objects that are feminine and simple.
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MARLOE MARLOE was founded in 2014 by Marloe Morgan, a ceramist from Australia’s Southern Gold Coast. Over the next year, Marloe began creating one-of-a-kind pieces for the hospitality industry. The following two years, Marloe traveled to Indonesia to meet with potential partners in the production industry. The designer’s main focus was to ensure that the makers continue to honor their ceramic handcrafts while producing with commercial grade qualifications.
In late 2018, Marloe’s husband, James, joined the company and the business shifted the focus to creating (courtesy of the MARLOE MARLOE website), “elevated and unique artisanal creations for the home, contemporary restaurateurs and hoteliers.” For the past two years, MARLOE MARLOE’s following has greatly increased as the company partnered with Australian Charity Share the Dignity, where 30% of sale proceeds are donated to environments who support women in crisis.
An image from the production process in Indonesia.
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MARLOE MARLOE pieces are inspired by the “intricacies and inconsistencies of nature.” Each form is imagined and designed in Australia by Morgan before it is shared with the artisans in Indonesia. Those chosen artisans abroad have a long history with traditional craftsmanship. The talented individuals mold and shape with skilled hands; they have been a part of the MARLOE MARLOE community for over nine years.
The commitment in Indonesia is parallel to the commitment in Australia. Those in both locations pride themselves on “attention to detail, refined craftsmanship and conscious production.” Of the utmost of importance is ensuring that these pieces will remain in the buyer’s space for years to come.
Two pieces from MARLOE MARLOE. The founder hopes to connect people and space “through objects with intention.”
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Throughout her career, Morgan has remained committed to creating works that remain with their owners throughout their lifetime. The hope is that the pieces will “enhance and elevate the ritual we perform in our everyday lives.”
In addition to garnering inspiration from nature, Morgan maintains that she is also inspired by interiors, travel, and food. Furthermore, something that constantly influences Morgan is engaging in her company’s product development. Collaborating with her artisans and watching their unique processes is a huge source of passion for the designer herself.
From the Grace Collection.
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In 2019, MARLOE MARLOE debuted the Grace Collection which donated 30% of all proceeds to Share The Dignity, an Australian Women’s Charity. The company’s commitment to social awareness was the cause behind this special five-piece capsule collection that launched on International Women’s Day.
Each piece in the Grace Collection maintains a soft pink lava glaze and is handmade using a number of varied production techniques. The production process includes slip casting, wheel manipulation, and hand-glazing. Each item is produced from high quality Australian stoneware, in-house studio glaze recipes, and a twice-fired process that ensures the objects have a lava glaze exterior and a bone gloss interior.
Lully – Messina from the Cerulean Collection. The Messina is MARLOE MARLOE’s first substantive collection in color; the hue’s speckled matte glaze is quite unique.
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In addition to a commitment to human safety, MARLOE MARLOE works hard to ensure that a positive change in the “environmental landscape of our industry, alongside our growing business” is maintained. Specifically, the production house with whom the design company works strives to incorporate practices that will result in superior sustainability and transparency within the supply chain.
Particularly for MARLOE MARLOE, the four environmental initiatives at the forefront are: carbon, water, waste, and production. The company hopes to become carbon-neutral by the end of this year. In addition to the obvious, which is to keep water waste at a minimum, waste water is properly managed. The water is not disposed into natural bodies of water; rather, it is separated between clay waste and glaze waste. In regards to waste, every opportunity to reduce, reuse, and recycle is properly explored. Rather than being discarded, clay trimmings are recycled to make “new clay.” And finally, the company conforms to the local regulatory framework in order to minimize their negative environmental impact on both pollution and waste management.
A quote by the founder says it best, “Knowing we have made better choices today than we did yesterday is a huge driver for our business. It’s important we leave our environment better than how we found it, whether that is the physical or social landscape.”
