The Elembre charred oak glass on a black ground

Elembre · Made in India

Pieces made
to be kept.

Wood chosen for its purpose, shaped with patience, made in India.

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The story

Some things are bought to be used up.
Elembre makes the other kind.

The name

Our name is the first ingredient.

Ember, the last glow of a fire, the warmth that stays in a room long after the talking has stopped. And lembre, the Portuguese word for remember. Together they make a quiet promise: a piece that warms a home, and is remembered long after.

Elembre. Rhymes with remember.

End grain of a walnut block, the growth rings lit by a lamp
Oak and walnut boards edge to edge under a low light

Wood with a purpose

Every piece begins with a question we never rush.

What is it for? Only then do we choose the wood, the way a chef waits for the season before writing the menu. One wood for its depth, another for its warmth, and others still waiting for their turn. Each is chosen for what it does best.

Oak turning on the lathe, a shaving curling off the gouge

The making

Then we give it time.

The wood is shaped slowly and finished until it feels warm in the hand. Run your palm across it and you feel the years the tree spent growing. Turn it to the lamp and the grain wakes up, amber and honey and smoke.

The lathe does the turning; the hands do the knowing. Then the inside of the glass meets fire, the way a cooper wakes a cask, and the glow dies down into a fine dark crackle.

Flame playing across the inside of the oak glass

The first pieces

We begin with the evening.

The slow pour, the low light, the conversation nobody wants to end. From there the house of Elembre moves through the home, to the table and every room where people gather.

White oak, charred insideGlass

The oak glass

Turned from oak and charred on the inside, the way a cooper wakes a cask with fire.

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Black walnut, brassTray for two

Linea

A bottle and two glasses in one block of black walnut. It lifts from beneath, with nothing to prove.

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Black walnutTray for four

Compass

A circle of black walnut that turns, so the pour travels to whoever is next.

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Whiskey poured into the charred oak glass

The evening

The slow pour, the low light.

The conversation nobody wants to end. The last pour of the evening, finally in the right hands.

Every piece has a story

Its own story, on its card.

Every piece is made in India and arrives with its own story, written on its card. The grain in yours belongs to no one else.

The story of each piece is on its page: the oak glass, Linea and Compass.

Linea with two glasses and a decanter on a walnut sideboard at dusk

At home

Set it between two chairs and the evening has a place to begin.

Made in India

Wood, chosen for its purpose. Time, given generously. A story, served with every piece.

Made to be kept.

The founding batch

Be first to hear when the founding batch is ready.

We will write once when the founding batch opens, and not before. India and the United States first. Price is announced with the batch.

Those who order from the founding batch will find a small gift in the box, with our thanks.

You are on the list

Thank you. We will write when the founding batch opens, and keep a little something aside for the box.