I built this vase round, almost like a full moon, with a single small opening at the top. It's raku fired, which means I pull it from the kiln while it's still glowing and let the smoke do the rest. You can see where the flame caught it - the black, the bits of copper and rust coming through the clay. I don't get to decide exactly how that lands, and I like that about it.
It's hand built, no mold, no wheel. This shape only exists once.
It's meant to sit somewhere you'll see it every day - a shelf, a table, wherever the light shifts across it.
One of a kind. It's decorative, not watertight.
*A fine fissure near the opening emerged as the piece took shape during hand-building — not from damage, but from the clay's own movement as it was formed. I chose to keep it. It marks a moment in the making and gives the vessel a sense of history, a trace of the hand and the process behind it. To me it belongs to the piece as much as its silhouette does. Please refer to the last photo for a detailed view.
Dimensions are approximate as the form is organically shaped:
Height: 5 1/4"
Diameter on the top: 8 1/2"
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DETAILS:
Hand-built stoneware
Raku fired (smoky black surface with copper and rust flashing)
Rounded moon form with a single opening at the top
Highly textured, mottled surface
Organic, sculptural form
Style: brutalist, organic modern, wabi-sabi, Japandi
Function: decorative vessel / sculptural object
I built this vase round, almost like a full moon, with a single small opening at the top. It's raku fired, which means I pull it from the kiln while it's still glowing and let the smoke do the rest. You can see where the flame caught it - the black, the bits of copper and rust coming through the clay. I don't get to decide exactly how that lands, and I like that about it.
It's hand built, no mold, no wheel. This shape only exists once.
It's meant to sit somewhere you'll see it every day - a shelf, a table, wherever the light shifts across it.
One of a kind. It's decorative, not watertight.
*A fine fissure near the opening emerged as the piece took shape during hand-building — not from damage, but from the clay's own movement as it was formed. I chose to keep it. It marks a moment in the making and gives the vessel a sense of history, a trace of the hand and the process behind it. To me it belongs to the piece as much as its silhouette does. Please refer to the last photo for a detailed view.
Dimensions are approximate as the form is organically shaped:
Height: 5 1/4"
Diameter on the top: 8 1/2"
⸻
DETAILS:
Hand-built stoneware
Raku fired (smoky black surface with copper and rust flashing)
Rounded moon form with a single opening at the top
Highly textured, mottled surface
Organic, sculptural form
Style: brutalist, organic modern, wabi-sabi, Japandi
Function: decorative vessel / sculptural object
