Ceramic Bowls As Sinks

We spotted these painted ceramic bowls as vessel sinks at the Story Hotel in Stockholm and thought it was a simple yet brilliant idea.

This could be an inexpensive way to add some color and pattern to a bathroom. We feel a DIY project coming on.

(Image: Story Hotel)

Comments (8)

i did a bathroom in columbus using double walled, stainless mixing bowls for the vanities. looked nice paired with the concrete countertops polish and the base cabinets wiped off black stain.

Like this...a lot.

Anyone know how to make opening for drainage without cracking or breaking the glass bowls?
Would love to see a DIY on this.

I have wanted something like this in my house ever since a trip to Mexico last year...I saw them EVERYWHERE there, and they were stunning.

zoee - I saw lots of these bowls with drain openings in them already - don't know where exactly to find them other than in the markets I visited, but I imagine that if they're selling them for this purpose, they'll already have drainage holes.

I'm desperate for a 11x17 bowl to mount under a very old marble top that I have. The 14 x 17 bowls don't work. Anyone know how to get such a bowl? Can they be made? It's a ceramic pot with a hole in it! Why is this so complicated?

mckate...try etsy.com. i seen a seller there making bowl sinks.

MCKATE- if it was not so complicated you would do it yourself - no insult intended but as a potter I know that making specific sized holes that fit things ( like drain holes ) in ceramics is not as easy as it seems to look -In fact in general most art is not as easily produced or accomplished as those that buy it take for granted ( Toilet molds for example are some of the most complex ceramic molds made)
Clay shrinks when fired and in ceramic kilns most often pieces are fired twice. Clay also does not shirk at a uniform rate - Meaning one kind of clay will not shrink the same as another. Adding to that that Glaze ( the colorant on your bowl) is essentially glass and also is not a uniform or easily controlled operation. - It is complicated Please try to appreciate the artists who put years into learning how to do something. If you would like go to a local community college and take a pottery course. Tell the instructor you want to make a bowl sink. Perhaps you might gain a new understanding of what it takes to produce the things you so arrogantly expect to buy on demand.