Ink Dish is an American

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design company located in

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. The company uses designs by contemporary underground artists for their line of

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dinnerware. Ink Dish was founded in 2008 by David Harding and Caroline Pople. Julie Pople, mother of Caroline, is the lead designer for Ink Dish. Julie graduated from Liverpool Art College (John Moores University) in 1971 with a degree in Textile Design. Julie was an in-house ceramic designer for Royal Stafford, Burslem,

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until becoming the head of design for the European arm of the ceramic company PT Sango. In 2008, Ink Dish partnered with

Paul Timman Paul Patterson Timman (born September 26, 1972) is an American tattoo artist and award winning dinnerware designer. Paul's tribal designs, hand painted tattoo work in movies and celebrity clients have made him one of the "giants in the industry" c ...

to create a line of

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inspired porcelain dinnerware. "I knew that if I did my job well, I could bridge the gap between mainstream society and help to introduce tattooing into everyday life -- without the process of getting tattooed," says Timman. The ''

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'' tableware design by Paul Timman was named to

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's 2009 Design 100 list The design is based on the Japanese style of tattooing known as

. In 2010 Ink Dish partnered with modern artists David Palmer and Dana Oldfather. In 2011 Ink Dish had established a partnership with artist Alyson Fox. Ink Dish also designs patterns for tableware manufacturers such as

Villeroy & Boch Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland. History The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set up a potte ...

, Macy's, and

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. Among the best known of the company's product range are Paul Timman's pattern ''Cherry Ink'', Alyson Fox's pattern ''December'', and Dana Oldfather's pattern ''Kites''.

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External links

Ink Dish official site
Companies based in San Diego Dinnerware designers