Tectonic Plates
Tectonic Plates
Reviving the lost art of collecting and displaying plates.
The tradition of displaying plates goes back a long way, stretching back over 700 years to around the 1300's when the early trade routes with China (that had developed the process of making, firing and glazing porcelain almost 700 years before) opened up and porcelain objects became prized possessions for the European nobility of the time.
The art of collecting and displaying plates seems to have more or less skipped a generation (and that's where we come in).
We aim to re-engage people with plates and ceramics in a way that encourages people to see them as much more than simply functional objects - we want to re-introduce the notion that art and functionality live side by side. This is our aim, and Tectonic Plates are tools in the fight for a place in the contemporary consciousness.
We make each of these plates using the finest bone china, here in Stoke on Trent, the once all powerful epicentre of the global ceramics industry, which has been decimated over the last decade by a tsunami of factory closures and job losses, but is now fighting back.
We're doing our bit to spearhead a renaissance of the industry here in the UK and Tectonic Plates is one of our most exciting projects.
Tectonic Plates features our range of almost 300 plates, representing the creative endeavours of our new friends - almost 100 artists, designers, architects, illustrators, and general creative clever clogs. We hope you will like them.
Designed by various artists
Finest English Bone China
Made in Stoke on Trent, England
Each plate will come with a free book "Tectonic Plates" which documents and describes some of the range.
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Visit product page →Full English, (AKA plate 32) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Honey Manko
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Memento Mori by Gisele Ganne, (AKA plate 222) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Gisele Ganne
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Labrynth (aka Plate 193) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design: Michael Swaney
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Supplied with signed certificate and each is individually numbered
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Expect the Worst (aka Plate 98) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Ben Chlapeck
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Supplied with signed certificate and each is individually numbered
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Scott, (AKA plate 25) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Chrissy Angliker
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Isabelle, (AKA plate 27) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Chrissy Angliker
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Hello (pass it on) (aka Plate 223) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design: Tom Ellis
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Supplied with signed certificate and each is individually numbered
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Redundant, (AKA plate 225) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Camila Prada
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Pizza (aka Plate 184) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design: Kev Munday
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Supplied with signed certificate and each is individually numbered
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →7 Year Glitch, (AKA plate 266) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design : Seymour
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Three Flying Bees (aka Plate 219) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design: Julie Spurgeon
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Supplied with signed certificate and each is individually numbered
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
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Visit product page →Think Twice (aka Plate 213) from the Tectonic Plates collection. Probably the largest collection of Individually Numbered, Limited Edition art plates available today.
As with all plates in the Tectonic Plates collection, this plate is strictly Limited Edition and is hand numbered from a world-wide edition of 500 (maximum)
Each plate is manufactured from the finest English Bone China and is supplied with a signed certificate of origin. The plates feature in collections across the globe and are featured in the book 'Tectonic Plates - revising the lost art of collecting and displaying plates'.
Dimensions: 205mm diameter
Design: Elodie Alexander
Edition Size: Maximum 500 worldwide
Supplied with signed certificate and each is individually numbered
Material: Finest English Bone China
Made in: Stoke on Trent, England
