Spice Mills

Description

For the Spice Mill collection, De Jong & Co. made sure that each hand-turned shape is crafted for a pleasant feel, easy usability as well as being a handsome addition to the dining table. Available in maid, butler, spade, column and pencil silhouettes, each one is equipped with ceramic components to grind spices or salt to one of several adjustable grain sizes. Fashioned in sustainably sourced oak or walnut with a food-safe oil and wax finish, it also makes for an impressive gift for that special host.

Specifications

Size

8.5" h x 2.25 " w x 2.35" d (21.6x5.72x5.72cm)

Material

Wood in walnut, oak, ceramic

Details

Food safe oil and wax finish

Brand

De Jong & Co.

De Jong & Co. couples spare modernism and an organic sensibility with sustainably sourced solid wood furniture and tabletop accessories, painstakingly handmade by skilled craftsmen in its downtown Los Angeles studio. “Our furniture is a result of viewing traditional forms through a contemporary lens,” says founding designer Peter De Jong. That nuanced aesthetic and dedicated craftsmanship—expressed in American solid woods such as maple, oak or walnut—results in pieces built to withstand trends, daily use and generations.

The De Jong siblings—Peter, a furniture-maker; Philip, an art director; and Ruth, a production designer for filmmakers such as David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson—crossed their respective careers in furniture making for the 2014 launch of De Jong & Co. Design. Production continues under Peter’s exacting eye, drawing on a remarkable scholarship that includes the nation’s top sculpture program in Richmond, VA, and apprenticing for two years with master Evan Lee, a disciple of Edward Barnsley, the legendary British Arts & Craft icon.

As Peter observes: “Whereas most of our designs look like they would be easy to reproduce and replicate, every single piece has at least one or two moves that make people go for a double take.”