About the service
I am a potter and work on a wheel, so every vase I make is not a mass-produced item from a mold, but an object hand-thrown from a piece of clay. In this listing, I offer the creation of a ceramic vase or flower vessel completely tailored to your request: from size and silhouette to glaze color. The form is born right on the wheel — I center the clay, raise the walls, stretch the profile with my hands, and that's exactly why even similar vases never come out exactly the same for me.
I start the work with a brief discussion of where and how your vase will live: whether it's an accent piece on a hallway console, a vase for fresh-cut flowers on a dining table, a vessel for dried flowers, or rather an independent sculptural object. I consider the room's lighting, surrounding colors, and interior materials. After that, I suggest two or three silhouette options — from a narrow-necked bottle form to a wide vessel for flower arrangements — and we determine proportions and glaze direction together before I sit down at the wheel.
I do the actual form-throwing in one or two work sessions depending on scale: tall vases are often assembled from several parts, joined at the leather-hard stage, so the walls remain even and don't sag during drying. After trimming the bottom and refining the profile, the piece dries slowly under plastic for several days — this protects against cracks — then goes through bisque firing. It's at the glazing stage that the piece's character emerges: I mix and test glazes myself, so I can offer a matte speckled surface, a glossy celadon glaze, or a reactive runny glaze that settles differently on each piece. Final high-temperature firing in an electric kiln vitrifies the clay body, making the vase waterproof.
The price includes: consultation on size and glaze, one round of sketch revisions, a finished handmade piece, and photos of the process at the leather-hard stage and after bisque firing. Manufacturing time ranges from 1 to 3 weeks depending on workload and construction complexity. My portfolio includes tall floor vases for hallways, sets of small vases for wedding tables, and wide shallow bowls for flower arrangements with floral inserts. If you have a reference, a color from your interior, or just a mood the vase should convey — send it along, and I'll translate it into the language of clay.
I start the work with a brief discussion of where and how your vase will live: whether it's an accent piece on a hallway console, a vase for fresh-cut flowers on a dining table, a vessel for dried flowers, or rather an independent sculptural object. I consider the room's lighting, surrounding colors, and interior materials. After that, I suggest two or three silhouette options — from a narrow-necked bottle form to a wide vessel for flower arrangements — and we determine proportions and glaze direction together before I sit down at the wheel.
I do the actual form-throwing in one or two work sessions depending on scale: tall vases are often assembled from several parts, joined at the leather-hard stage, so the walls remain even and don't sag during drying. After trimming the bottom and refining the profile, the piece dries slowly under plastic for several days — this protects against cracks — then goes through bisque firing. It's at the glazing stage that the piece's character emerges: I mix and test glazes myself, so I can offer a matte speckled surface, a glossy celadon glaze, or a reactive runny glaze that settles differently on each piece. Final high-temperature firing in an electric kiln vitrifies the clay body, making the vase waterproof.
The price includes: consultation on size and glaze, one round of sketch revisions, a finished handmade piece, and photos of the process at the leather-hard stage and after bisque firing. Manufacturing time ranges from 1 to 3 weeks depending on workload and construction complexity. My portfolio includes tall floor vases for hallways, sets of small vases for wedding tables, and wide shallow bowls for flower arrangements with floral inserts. If you have a reference, a color from your interior, or just a mood the vase should convey — send it along, and I'll translate it into the language of clay.
