Kovač Rakija

LABEL · 2024

Kovač Rakija

The Blacksmith's Brandy

Kovač means blacksmith, and the label makes the point plainly: a smith raising his hammer inside a round red seal, the name Kovač struck across the bottom. It was made in 2024 with Zoran Kovačević, for the quince rakija he makes.

The seal travels from the bottle to a paper bottle bag at a village market, a hip flask on a mountain trail and an etched rakija glass.

Kovač: AI product shot of a Kovac quince brandy bottle with its label

The round Kovač blacksmith seal printed large on a kraft paper single-bottle bag on a village market stall, ripe quince beside it

Kovač: the round Kovač blacksmith seal printed in colour on a stainless steel hip flask lying on a mossy rock on a High Tatras trail

The round Kovač blacksmith seal sandblasted as a crisp positive etching on a tulip rakija glass of quince brandy, the light parts frosted and the dark lines left clear, KOVAČ frosted over the rakija, on a rough oak table in a village kitchen with quinces

The Kovac blacksmith quince brandy label artwork branded onto the round oak head of a barrel in a stone cellar