French ceramicist Nathalie Derouet has created this beautiful series of pieces - devoid of bold hue - but then the forms speak for themselves.

Paper-thin bowls and cups offer a pure shape for use, whilst pressed shreds of porcelain make up otherworldly vessels which fall much more into the realms of art and sculpture.

Delicate and beautiful, M.E. likes these a lot, but fears we're a little too clumsy to actually ever own a piece...