Below are selection of specially commissioned and bespoke creations. Examples of close collaborations with restaurants, bars, manufacturers, and other clients, transforming their visions into ceramic realities

Brasserie Constance, Fulham Pier

Fulham pottery made Adaptable hot water bottles near the Fulham Pier site and it was Adam Byatt and his vision to re-interpret this historical narrative for Brasserie Constance. Bone china bottle contains ready mixed cocktails. I was a part of a group of ceramicists creating items for the restaurant - the amount of thought and effort may not be so visible but makes a huge difference to the overall intention and feeling of the space, in my opinion.

Year
2025

The House of Suntory Video

A collaboration with The House of Suntory and the legendary Ago and Georgio from The Connaught Bar. The brief was to produce a Kyusu—a Japanese-style teapot for cocktails. The pour is essential to The Connaught Bar's expressive, theatrical style, so this became the main focus of research through many iterations. The teapot pours through the spout for the high pour, but also quickly, from the other side, inspired by Italian milk frothers and pourers. The feet are designed like geta (げた), traditional Japanese wooden shoes.

Video by Roman Shabodalov,

With thanks to The House of Suntory

The House of Suntory x Connaught Bar

Year
2025

Anne-Sophie Pic At Le Normandie - Bangkok

A two Michelin starred restaurant within Mandarin Oriental. Working with Anne-Sophie Pic feels like a true collaboration as she talks about the art of the table. With real sensibility to texture, place and nature, she produces a dining experience that is not only beautiful but light with beautiful flavours. The bamboo plinth is inspired by her Valence gardens

Year
2025

La Bombe by Trivet, COMO Metropolitan London

Custom ice cream dishes in bone china were produced for Jonny Lake, Isa Bal, Evan Moore and their team. The restaurant has traditional roots and familiarity, but with bold flavours. While the rest of the tableware is muted, the desert course called for something different—particularly for ice cream, they wanted plates that would stand out, be bold, and at times contrast with the colours of the ice cream itself.

Year
2025

Illusion of Shape

Recently I've been creating some sculptural forms alongside commissions for tableware. Presented at SCP, Illusion of Shape is a contemplative exploration of form, fragility, and the forces that define our material and emotional worlds. The project has furthered my thoughts around the perfect/imperfect debate in my mind. This collection of handmade hanging mobiles, crafted and constructed at my London studio.

Year
2025

Bamboo Mural

Those familiar with my ceramic work know that bamboo is a recurring motif—evergreen and resilient, it's a plant I keep close, even in winter. Though large-scale murals were unfamiliar territory, I felt comfortable with the subject. I knew this piece would be hand-painted with brushes, inspired by the bold strokes of shodo calligraphers and the elegance of Japanese folding screens adorned with gold leaf. The mural sits on the canals of Stoke on Trent What 3 words Location: dice.hulk.craft

Client
Brilliant Bamboo

Supported by the Canal & River Trust and Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Year
2025

Sponge Vessels

Year
2024, Bone China

Hiden, London

Yuichi-san and his design team Takagi Caperan challenged me to match their signature yellow for their curry. Matching colours in ceramics isn't as straightforward as you might expect—it's not like mixing paint. The unfired clay and glaze look very different from their fired versions, but we managed it, and I think with depth: the clay body was coloured a more orangey tone beneath a bright yellow glaze. I was as surprised as anyone to achieve this colour without hundreds of trials.

Client
Hiden Curry Lab

Year
2023

Cristal Rooms by Anne-Sophie Pic, Hong Kong

A Michelin starred restaurant with a view. Anne-Sophie Pic was interested in some of the newest techniques I was trying out like the meringue bowls, and Pâte-sur-pâte painting techniques resulting in a subtle, but cohesive collection that matched her sensibility.

Client
Anne-Sophie Pic

Year
2023

La Dame de Pic, Four Seasons London

My first project with Anne-Sophie Pic. A series of charger plates and bread plates made from British bone china, inspired by the botanicals.

Client
Anne-Sophie Pic

Year
2022

Hyde Park Garden, Mandarin Oriental

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal opened an outdoor dining restaurant during the Summer months and I painted the charger plates, painting directly from their gardens.

Client
Mandarin Oriental

Year
2023

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Custom Teaware for Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Client
Mandarin Oriental

Year
2021

Bisushima

London

Client
Bisushima

Year
2020

Taku, Mayfair

London

Client
Taku

Year
2023

All that is Broken is not Lost

London Flower School commissioned some ikebana vessels around the theme of kintsugi. LFS Creative Director, Marzena Joseph, read the blog All That is Broken is Not Lost and recognised a message that resonated with our times.

Client
London Flower School

Year
2020

Stoneware in clay

Vista Allegre

Founded in 1824, the Vista Alegre Porcelain Factory was the first industrial unit dedicated to producing porcelain in Portugal. In 2016 they produced a set of our Rin and Stepped bowls for their Portugese factory to manufacture to supply the hospitality industry.

Client
Vista Allegre

Year
2016

SCP

SCP is a manufacturer and retailer of modern design products. They have produced Orlando Lounge Chair and two seater in their upholstery company based in Norfolk made of all natural fibres, Terracotta ranges produced by a Suffolk thrower, and Bone china lighting in Stoke-on-Trent.

Client
SCP

Year
2014 onwards

The Fat Duck

The Fat Duck is a long-standing collaborator, renowned for groundbreaking gastronomic cooking. Every detail is meticulously considered and discussed. Commissions are based on a particular dish, with a specific feeling they want to evoke and experience they want to provide. For example, the Woodland dish was conceived as a scent diffuser and visual cue to transport you straight back to the woods. The bauble dish captures the joy of Christmas, while the duck roll is elevated off the table. The Botrytis dish is slightly raised so that it faces you as a diner. Each item has been a special project.

Client
The Fat Duck

Year
2009 onwards

Rémy Martin & The Connaught Bar

Rémy Martin enlisted ceramicist Reiko Kaneko for a project that celebrates savoir-faire and collaboration through a multidisciplinary approach. Launched during London Craft Week, ‘Flint’ is a new cocktail developed by The Connaught’s Director of Mixology, Agostino Perrone and the Connaught Bar Head of Mixology, Giorgio Bargiani, using Rémy Martin XO and served in a specially-created vessel by Kaneko. 

Client
Remy Martin

Year
2021

69 Colebrook Row / Untitled

The Bar with No Name (69 Colebrook Row) and Untitled is run by the legendary mixologist Tony Conigliaro. One of our first bespoke projects was an Oyster vessel for the Prairie Oyster cocktail for 69 Colebrook Row. When he opened Untitled in Dalston, we worked on a vagina inspired cocktail vessel for Ninfeo Cocktail.

Client
The Bar with no Name

Year
2007

 

VO1CE Pebble

Press moulded and polished black porcelain pebbles for Josie from VO1CE Pebble. We used a combination of 3D Printing and traditional pottery techniques to bring Imagination Factories drawing into life. The Pebble was made as a tool for her techniques in public speaking.

Client
Josie Gammel

Year
2021

state51

For this year's state51 branding, we were commissioned to turn their zodiac symbols (each made out of elements of the state51 coat of arms logo) into physical objects. We made the symbols from extruded black stoneware and porcelain with coloured slips and various glazes and oxide washes, including iron spangle.

Willer

Founded by Rebecca Willer, this London gallery serves design professionals, collectors and private individuals worldwide. Reiko Kaneko has collaborated with their team to design exclusive ranges available through their gallery in Kensington, London. Please make your enquiries through Willer

Takagi Caperan

Interior Design Practice based in London. The brief was to create sculptural interior ceramics for their hotel designs. We turned everyday mugs, vases, cups and bowls into characterful or intriguing pieces for their modern hotel interiors

Audemus Spirits

Based in Cognac, the distillery creates beautiful spirits. We have been working with them to add some special bottles to their lines since 2016

Paradise Soho/ Dan Preston

Bespoke tiles produced for a Sri Lankan restaurant in Soho, London - the interiors of which were designed by Dan Preston. The brief was to create bespoke tiles for Tropical Brutalism inspired interiors, particularly looking at Geoffrey Bawa a Sri Lankan Architect.

NEFF Flavour Enhancing Plates and Bowls

A project commissioned by NEFF Appliances, and brief set by Professor Charles Spence who experiments widely on how the colour, weight, feel of a vessel creates nuances in how flavours are perceived.

The Starter Plate - Inspired by the energy of the sea waves, this fine bone china plate is designed to intensify the taste of seafood based starters. Reminiscent of the sea world through the white and blue glazing and bearing a rough, fish scale-like texture, this plate heightens the perception of saltiness through its angular shape.

Main Dish Bowl - This angular, black stoneware bowl enhances the sensation of spiciness. The rough, sandpaper texture of the bowl heightens the taste of ginger, making it ideal for serving up dishes like Thai green curries.

Dessert Bowl - Inspired by the shape of a raspberry, this dessert bowl is designed to bring out the fruity flavor of desserts. The pink color boosts the perception of sweetness, whilst the outer, rounded, raspberry-like texture triggers associations with the fruit.

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Bespoke Tile Murals

Tiles are hand glazed with layers of rich reactive glazes using a traditional Japanese rice hay brush. The tile murals can be customised to any theme and colour, while keeping the same spirit of expressive strokes and energy.

Whisk

A pop up dessert restaurant run by Randon Burns

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 Foxhill Manor

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