Clever ceramics in Brooklyn

I’ve come across two Etsy shops specializing in ceramic vessels that don’t want to look like ceramics.

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Lorena Barrezueta gives TV dinners and take-out a twist in fresh shades like celedon and peach. She lists “seconds, samples and surprises,” leftovers out of her Brooklyn studio. Dine, $55 and Take-out, $75.

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Alyssa Ettinger‘s porcelain “knits” come in all sort of cables, gauges and stitch textures. She makes vases and cups and coasters, but I love this bowl because I think it would be especially good for serving comfort food. She is Brooklyn-based, too. Knitware bowl, $65.