A small studio
in Warsaw, printing
for the floor.
Tail & Bark started in 2022 as a question between two people and one whippet: why does the bowl on the kitchen floor get to be the ugliest thing in the room? We've been answering it ever since.
The idea.
Our first prototype was a Loop printed in five colors at our kitchen table, photographed against a white wall, posted on Pinterest. By the end of the week, sixty people had asked where they could buy one.
Today we run a small studio in Warsaw with a row of 3D printers, a post-processing bench, and a kettle that doesn't stop. Every piece we ship still passes through the same set of hands.
We've kept the studio deliberately small. We design in CAD, print in plant-based PLA Matte, and hand-finish the food-contact interior. It takes about 22 hours to make one bowl. We think that's about right.
“A dog's bowl is on display for ten meals a week. We think it should earn that place.”
Four guardrails
we don't cross.
Print to order
No warehouse, no overstock. Your piece goes into the print queue when you order it. If we wouldn't keep it ourselves, we don't ship it.
Plants, not petroleum
Every piece is PLA Matte — a bioplastic spun from corn and sugarcane starch that can be composted at certified industrial facilities.
Built for the animal
Dogs see yellow and blue clearly. Cats prefer low rims. Five of our seventeen colors are picked for canine eyes, not human Instagram feeds — though they happen to work for both.
The studio.
We're based in Warsaw, Poland. The printers run through the week, with the post-processing bench up front and a wall of color samples on the shelf.
Curious about the materials, a size, or a custom idea? Email hello@tailbark.com — a human replies within a working day.
What we make
- Bowls — Loop, Ringer, Orbit, Mat
- Stands — Duo Stand, Arc Feeder
- Treat jars — Pillar, Tower
- Toys — The Knot, The Bounce, The Pebble
A short
history.
Two printers, one kitchen table
The first Loop is sketched in CAD, printed overnight in Lemon Yellow, posted to Pinterest. The pre-orders pay for two more printers.
The Praga studio opens
We move into a 10m² space at the back of a former bakery. A few printers, a couple of benches, one rescue whippet named Pim.
Dog-vision palette
Guided by published research on canine colour vision, we curate five PLA Matte colors specifically for dichromatic vision: Lemon, Marine, Ice, Dark Blue, Lilac.
The collection grows
New colors and sizes join the lineup, shaped by what customers and their dogs tell us.
The full collection
The full collection: bowls, stands and toys in seventeen colors, shipping across the EU and worldwide.