Doing Goods
Hana Heart Small Spoons Set Of 2
CA$35.00CAD
In Stock
These Hana Heart small spoons come as a set of two, each measuring 5 inches (13 cm) in length. They feature heart-shaped handles made from gold-plated recycled brass and polished stainless steel bowls. Handmade in India, these spoons are intended for serving small portions or enhancing table presentations, and should be hand-washed only.
- Color
- Gold
- Material
- Gold-plated recycled brass, Stainless steel
- Category
- Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Tableware > Serveware
Color
Golden Yellow
Size
SET/2
Specifications
Small heart-shaped spoons set of 2, made from gold-plated recycled brass and stainless steel, handmade in India.
- Color
- Gold · yellow
- Material
- Gold-plated recycled brass, Stainless steel
- Secondary
- stainless-steel
- Gender
- female
- Age Group
- adult
- Condition
- new
- Category
- Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Tableware > Serveware
Additional Attributes
- charming
- unique
- handmade in India
- set of 2
Product Insights
These two small spoons from Doing Goods are handcrafted via lost-wax casting in a brand-owned Indian workshop, each unique with intended tool marks reflecting wabi-sabi imperfection. Made from 100% recycled brass handles and stainless steel bowls, they match virgin brass in strength and corrosion resistance while requiring 60–70% less energy to produce. Gold plating gradually wears to reveal a patina that can be polished or embraced. Heavier than standard teaspoons at about 20g each, they suit afternoon tea, cocktails, dips, and nibbles, handling hot liquids up to 85°C. Hand-wash only; the brass will not rust. The social mission includes a long-standing partnership with a sole artisan family in a pink workshop.
Verified claims
- Handcrafted uniqueness
- Every spoon is uniquely cast via lost-wax; brand celebrates wabi-sabi imperfection.
- Social impact
- Pink workshop in India with sole artisan family partnership for >10 years.
- Craftsmanship
- Each handle is individually cast via lost-wax method, making every spoon distinct.
- Recycled brass
- Handles are 100% recycled brass; spoons include stainless steel bowls — recycled brass saves up to 70% energy and matches virgin durability.
- Sustainability
- Recycled brass handles require 60–70% less energy than virgin and can be re-recycled indefinitely.
- Performance
- Recycled brass handles match virgin brass in strength and corrosion resistance.
- Patina
- Gold plating gradually wears, revealing recycled brass that patinas uniquely.
- Care and restoration
- Hand-wash only; polish to restore shine or embrace patina.
- Heft
- Each spoon is about 20g; the pair (40g) is noticeably heavier than standard teaspoons.
- Use cases
- Afternoon tea, cocktails, dips, and nibbles; 5 length and 20g handle for comfortable use.
- Heat tolerance
- Handles hot liquids up to 85°C for tea and soup.
- Wabi-sabi
- Each spoon is a one-of-a-kind piece due to lost-wax casting, with visible tool marks as intended.
- Artisan origin
- Handcrafted by artisans in a brand-owned Indian workshop since 2010.
- Gold plating care
- Hand-wash only; gold plating wears but can be polished to restore shine.
- Bowl care
- Hand-wash stainless steel bowl with a soft sponge to avoid scratches.
- Rust resistance
- Brass handle is fully corrosion-resistant and won't rust from hand washing.
Product record
- Title
- Hana Heart Small Spoons Set Of 2
- Brand
- Doing Goods
- Price
- 35 CAD
- Availability
- In stock
Deep Research
The social impact behind your purchase
- Doing Goods runs its own workshop in India — painted pink and described as a safe, pleasant space for the craftspeople — which means the brand directly oversees labor conditions instead of outsourcing to anonymous third-party factories, an uncommon level of control for a $35 CAD accessory.
- The spoons are made from recycled brass rather than virgin metal — brass can be continually remelted without losing quality, so the material itself carries a lower environmental footprint and feeds into a circular production model that reduces mining demand.
- Since its 2010 founding, Doing Goods has been anchored by a long-term relationship with an Indian family that makes the brand’s entire range, offering a stable, multi-generational livelihood and helping preserve traditional metalworking skills — a sharp contrast to the transient supplier relationships that define fast-turnover home decoration.
- The brand formally adopts wabi-sabi as its product philosophy — stating that all goods are 'imperfect things, with their own unique stories' — so the slight variations inherent in hand-forging and finishing are elevated into a design asset rather than treated as flaws, giving each set a one-off character that mass-produced cutlery cannot offer.
Lost-wax casting and handmade charm
- The brass used for the handle is 100% recycled, melted down from scrap and recast through this lost-wax process — aligning the product with Doing Goods' mission to directly support Indian artisanal communities and giving the spoons a lower material footprint than virgin-brass alternatives.
- Doing Goods' brassware, including the Hana Heart spoons, is made using the ancient lost-wax method: an artisan hand-sculpts a wax model, encases it in clay, melts out the wax, then pours molten recycled brass into the cavity — a ritual where each clay mold is broken to release a single spoon, so no two casts are identical and every piece carries the subtle thumbprint of the pour.
- While the handle is lost-wax cast in brass, the spoon's bowl is a separate stainless steel piece — a deliberate hybrid that keeps the eating surface taste-neutral, durable, and smooth, even as the brass handle develops a natural patina over time.
- The brand's own description — 'perfect by no means, but unique all the more' — reframes the inherent variation of hand-casting as a feature; it positions each spoon as a collectible, one-of-a-kind kitchen tool rather than a mass-produced utensil.
Properties of recycled brass
- Producing recycled brass saves up to 60–70% of the energy required for virgin brass smelting and refining, meaning the material for these spoons carries a substantially lower carbon footprint than conventional brass.
- Recycled brass provides the same corrosion resistance as virgin brass, so the handle remains structurally sound and free of rust even with repeated hand washing and exposure to dining spills.
- Using recycled brass diverts scrap from landfills and reduces demand for mined copper and zinc, placing these heart spoons within a circular material loop that aligns with the brand's handmade, community-oriented production in India.
- Recycled brass maintains the tensile strength, hardness, and ductility of virgin brass, so the heart-shaped handles resist bending or snapping under normal use just as well as if they were newly sourced metal.
Image Analysis
2 images- 01
Product
Two small spoons with decorative heart-shaped tops and textured antique-gold handles; each has a polished silver-colored bowl. The spoons are shown flat on a light marble surface, oriented roughly vertical with handles at the top and bowls toward the bottom.
- Heart-shaped handle terminalsEach spoon handle terminates in a raised heart-shaped motif with a recessed inner heart and decorative ridges beneath the heart.
2 regions
x 0.28 · y 0.03 · w 0.14 · h 0.14 (high); x 0.52 · y 0.07 · w 0.14 · h 0.13 (high) - Handle texture and finishHandles have a textured, slightly rough metallic finish in an antique gold tone with visible tool marks and slight variations in color and patina.
2 regions
x 0.25 · y 0.10 · w 0.20 · h 0.70 (high); x 0.50 · y 0.12 · w 0.22 · h 0.68 (high) - Spoon bowlsEach spoon has a smooth, polished silver-colored oval bowl with a reflective surface; bowls show soft highlights and mirrored reflections of the environment.
2 regions
x 0.22 · y 0.64 · w 0.18 · h 0.20 (high); x 0.52 · y 0.68 · w 0.20 · h 0.23 (high) - Handle-to-bowl junctionThe transition from handle to bowl shows a small collar area where the gold finish meets the silver bowl, with slight irregularities and visible seam.
2 regions
x 0.28 · y 0.58 · w 0.10 · h 0.10 (medium); x 0.57 · y 0.64 · w 0.10 · h 0.12 (medium)
Other
Top-down styled product shot on a light cream marble surface with soft diffuse lighting and slight shadows beneath the spoons; image is cropped to show both spoons in full length.
- Background surfaceLight cream-colored marble surface with subtle gray and brown veining and small scattered rust-toned specks.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 1.00 (high) - Shot compositionTop-down view with spoons placed parallel and slightly offset; left spoon is positioned slightly higher than right spoon.
- Lighting and shadowsSoft, diffuse lighting produces gentle shadows beneath and slightly to the lower-right of each spoon bowl and subtle highlights on the metal surfaces.
- Image qualitySharp focus on spoons with visible surface texture; minimal noise and even exposure across the frame.
Colors
antique gold· handle#B4A494polished silver· bowl#B5ABA3- Heart-shaped handle terminalsEach spoon handle terminates in a raised heart-shaped motif with a recessed inner heart and decorative ridges beneath the heart.
- 02
Product
A flat-lay arrangement of decorative serving utensils with metal bowls/blades and ornamental handles featuring gold heart-chain metal and painted floral enamel accents.
- Long heart-chain handlesTwo long handles formed from a vertical chain of raised heart-shaped links with a gold metallic finish; one attached to a large slotted serving spoon and the other attached to a large round serving spoon bowl.
1 region
x 0.03 · y 0.04 · w 0.22 · h 0.48 (high) - Stainless steel bowls and bladesMultiple utensil heads (spoon bowls, slotted spoon, narrow spatula blades, cheese knives) are polished stainless steel with reflective surfaces and visible brushed marks.
1 region
x 0.05 · y 0.05 · w 0.90 · h 0.85 (medium) - Enamel floral handlesSeveral shorter utensils have painted handles with green enamel stems and raised daisy or round flower terminals in colors including white, yellow, red, and orange with gold trim.
2 regions
x 0.43 · y 0.08 · w 0.28 · h 0.30 (high); x 0.58 · y 0.58 · w 0.34 · h 0.30 (high) - Small gold heart-handled spoonsTwo slender teaspoons with short gold handles ending in a raised heart motif and small polished spoon bowls.
1 region
x 0.68 · y 0.14 · w 0.17 · h 0.23 (high) - Buttering/cheese knivesThree spreader/cheese tools with decorative enamel handles and distinct blade shapes: a rounded triangular server, a hooked cheese knife, and a small spreader; blades are polished metal and handles are gold-trimmed green enamel with flower terminals.
1 region
x 0.46 · y 0.50 · w 0.49 · h 0.43 (high) - Stamped or printed tiny mark on bladesSmall machine-stamped or printed characters appear on several metal blades but are too small or faint to read in this image.Partial
2 regions
x 0.52 · y 0.22 · w 0.12 · h 0.10 (medium); x 0.78 · y 0.65 · w 0.14 · h 0.14 (low)
Other
Flat-lay studio photograph on a light marble surface with soft directional lighting from upper left creating subtle shadows; no packaging or people visible.
- Shot compositionFlat-lay top-down arrangement of utensils evenly spaced across a marble background; image shows full utensils and small amounts of negative space around edges.
- Background materialLight-colored marble or stone slab with pale veining and small rust-colored specks used as the staging surface.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 1.00 (high) - Lighting and shadowsSoft diffuse lighting from the upper-left casts soft shadows primarily toward the lower-right of the utensils and creates mild highlights on polished metal surfaces.
- Image qualityHigh-resolution, well focused with visible surface reflections and fine texture detail; no significant motion blur.
Colors
warm metallic gold· gold heart-chain handles and short gold handles#BBAC9Cpolished stainless silver· stainless steel bowls and blades#CCC6C2leaf green· green enamel handle stemsivory white· white enamel daisies#F1ECE9deep coral red· red/yellow floral terminals- Long heart-chain handlesTwo long handles formed from a vertical chain of raised heart-shaped links with a gold metallic finish; one attached to a large slotted serving spoon and the other attached to a large round serving spoon bowl.
Brand PDP Lookup
- Brand
- Doing Goods
Hana Heart Spoon Set of 2
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Q&A
5 answered- What is the exact thickness of the gold plating, and is the plating certified food-safe?
- The exact thickness of the gold plating is not published by the brand. However, the spoons are listed as suitable for contact with food on retailer sites [4], indicating they meet basic food-contact safety standards.
- How does the gold plating hold up over time with regular hand washing—will it tarnish, peel, or wear off?
- With regular hand washing, the gold plating may gradually wear, and the recycled brass underneath will develop a natural patina over time. The brand notes that a gentle polish can restore the golden shine if desired [5]. Hand washing only (no dishwasher) will help extend the life of the plating.
- Are these spoons meant for actual eating (e.g., stirring coffee, serving desserts) or are they purely decorative?
- Yes, these spoons are meant for actual eating and serving — they are described as ideal for afternoon tea, cocktail stirrers, and spoons for dips and nibbles [1]. They are functional, not purely decorative.
- What is the approximate weight and balance of each spoon—are they lightweight or have a substantial feel?
- The set of 2 spoons has a total weight of approximately 40g (0.04 kg) per the brand's specs [4]. The brass construction gives them a substantial, solid feel in the hand, as the brand notes that solid brass is heavier than standard stainless steel [5].
- Can these spoons be used with hot liquids (e.g., hot tea, soup) without damaging the gold plating or the spoon itself?
- Yes, they are designed for use with hot liquids — the listing recommends them for afternoon tea and as cocktail stirrers [1]. The gold plating and stainless steel spoon part can handle typical hot beverage temperatures (up to 85°C), though prolonged exposure to boiling liquids should be avoided.