The Ellipse dipping bowl is part of John Pawson's meticulously crafted kitchen collection for Salvatori. To achieve its deceptively simple form, a concave face was carved into a small, circular piece of Bianco Carrara marble, emphasizing the natural beauty of the stone, with its cloudy greyish-white swathes. The Ellipse collection is a family of vessels and utensils for the home designed by long-time Salvatori collaborator John Pawson. Sharing a geometry and materiality - each piece is shaped from a continuous piece of Bianco Carrara marble - the collection is typical of Pawson's expressive, minimal style: the simple forms of the vessels evoking a sense of calm and a spirituality.