fink | water jug | blush satin - limited edition - DC

The limited edition Blush jug describes the sensual change in colour from a deep Bordeaux to red and through a series of soft rosy hues before culminating at the aluminium’s original silver at the lip.
Making a gradated jug is an extremely time-consuming process - each jug is anodised for up to three hours. Achieving this complex finish is inherently difficult. Fink & Co has developed a unique technique to control the speed and depth the jug enters the dyes resulting in a sublime soft gradient.
Each limited-edition satin BLUSH jug will be slightly different and only 50 Blush jugs will be made.
These collector’s items will be individually numbered and come with a special certificate.

The story behind the product:
In 2021 in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Fink & Co collaborated with 16 of Robert Foster’s closest artists, makers and designers to produce 32 one-off editions, to pay homage to the iconic Fink water jug. One of those collaborations was with multidisciplinary Australian designer Tom Skeehan.
In the process of producing Skeehan’s two designs, Fink & Co undertook elaborate research to develop a new anodising method enabling a gradation of colour, highlighting the fluid process of anodising surface finishing and the legacy of experimentation created by Robert Foster.
FINK has now further developed this process that enables them to produce this effect more efficiently and the ability to make small batches.

Anodising a Fink Jug is done by immersing the vessel into a series of caustic and RO water baths and then into an acid electrolyte bath which passes an electric current through the Jug to create an oxidised skin that hardens the aluminium and allows the skin to then be coloured.

Anodising is a process affected by many elements, including temperature and humidity, therefore, each colour batch will vary and is part of the charm and individual beauty of this hand-finished product.