About the service
I throw paired large floor vases on the potter's wheel — conceived as a pair, not as two similar objects separately. This is a large-scale decorative commission: each vase is typically considerably taller than knee-height, with a wide stable base and expressive silhouette that confidently anchors a space by an entry door, beside a staircase, flanking a fireplace, or in a living room corner. These are purely display pieces — they can be left empty or filled with dry branches and tall stems, but they're not designed for soil, water for living plants, or use as a terrarium: the scale and glaze work for sculptural presence, not for growing anything.
Each commission starts with a brief conversation about the space where the pair will stand: ceiling height, natural light, surrounding furniture and flooring, and the mood the corner should convey — warm rustic accent, austere minimalist column, or bold sculptural statement. Then I sketch proportions and send a profile drawing for you to approve the silhouette before clay touches the wheel. Because these are a pair, I work them in parallel at each stage — centering, throwing, trimming, and glazing — so the height, body width, neck taper, and base read as true twins, not just two similar vessels.
The body is reinforced with coils and thrown from shamotte ceramic clay, chosen for strength at this scale, then slowly dried for one or two weeks before the first firing to prevent cracks. The surface is discussed with you directly: saturated single-color glaze, layered effect with two-color drips, unglazed textured band paired with glossy neck, or a custom shade to match paint or fabric you send. Each glaze is food-safe, though the vases are decorative not for food contact — food-safe glaze simply gives the most durable, fingerprint-resistant surface for a piece living in an active home.
Given the scope of work, the entire commission takes the timeframe listed above, including sketch approval, throwing, trimming, two firings, and careful packing. For large ceramic delivery, I build individual boxes with double walls, the pair separated by rigid foam, the base fixed against shifting in transit. Self-pickup or hand delivery by arrangement is possible. I can send photos at the leather-hard dry stage and after glaze firing so you see the finished color before shipping. If you have a reference, interior mood board, or existing piece the new pair should coordinate with — send it, and I'll build proportions and glaze around it.
Each commission starts with a brief conversation about the space where the pair will stand: ceiling height, natural light, surrounding furniture and flooring, and the mood the corner should convey — warm rustic accent, austere minimalist column, or bold sculptural statement. Then I sketch proportions and send a profile drawing for you to approve the silhouette before clay touches the wheel. Because these are a pair, I work them in parallel at each stage — centering, throwing, trimming, and glazing — so the height, body width, neck taper, and base read as true twins, not just two similar vessels.
The body is reinforced with coils and thrown from shamotte ceramic clay, chosen for strength at this scale, then slowly dried for one or two weeks before the first firing to prevent cracks. The surface is discussed with you directly: saturated single-color glaze, layered effect with two-color drips, unglazed textured band paired with glossy neck, or a custom shade to match paint or fabric you send. Each glaze is food-safe, though the vases are decorative not for food contact — food-safe glaze simply gives the most durable, fingerprint-resistant surface for a piece living in an active home.
Given the scope of work, the entire commission takes the timeframe listed above, including sketch approval, throwing, trimming, two firings, and careful packing. For large ceramic delivery, I build individual boxes with double walls, the pair separated by rigid foam, the base fixed against shifting in transit. Self-pickup or hand delivery by arrangement is possible. I can send photos at the leather-hard dry stage and after glaze firing so you see the finished color before shipping. If you have a reference, interior mood board, or existing piece the new pair should coordinate with — send it, and I'll build proportions and glaze around it.
