Bottom of the Bucket

Rest Energy's new tableware series, Bottom of the Bucket, features handmade porcelain plates and a small serving tray, each cast from the textured bottoms of mixing buckets and trash cans in our LA studio.

The series reflects the act of scrapping the bottom of the bucket-- capturing the raw, desperate essence of using every last bit of what you have. By transforming objects that typically hold waste into vehicles for nourishment, we, as a studio, again embrace tension and new ideas through contrast and opposition.

Rest Energy is the Los Angeles-based design practice of Caleb Engstrom. He has exhibited across the United States and internationally, including at The Wolford House - Los Angeles, Superhouse Gallery - New York, THEMA - Paris FR, Collectible - New York, and SP-ARTE at the São Paulo Biennial Pavilion - Brazil. Caleb also leads a fabrication practice, Rest Fabrication, which has worked with top names in art, design, and architecture including Yoko Ono, Frida Escobedo, and Leong Leong. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine and lives in South Pasadena, CA