Project description
We are looking for a skilled ceramic artist to hand-throw a large, freestanding floor vase intended purely for indoor decorative use — holding tall dried branches or a substantial floral arrangement in a living room or entryway. The piece should be thrown on the wheel (not slip-cast or mould-formed) so the final vase carries visible throwing rings and a genuinely handmade character rather than a uniform factory look.
Approximate scale: somewhere around 55–75 cm in height, with a wide, stable base that keeps the vase from tipping when filled with branches, and a narrower neck opening sized to hold stems upright without extra support. Wall thickness needs to be even enough to survive firing without cracking, and the base has to be trimmed flat so it sits solidly on a hardwood or tile floor without wobbling.
The glaze is the part we care most about: we will share photos of our living room — wall colour, flooring, and existing furniture — and need the potter to propose a custom glaze finish (colour, tone, and surface texture: matte, satin, or a reactive/speckled glaze) that complements rather than clashes with the room. We are open to a single solid glaze or a more layered, artisanal surface, as long as it reads as one cohesive, considered colour story rather than a random stock glaze pulled off a shelf.
Deliverables: a couple of sketches or reference glaze test tiles before the final piece is thrown, progress photos through throwing, trimming, bisque firing and glaze firing, and secure packaging for shipping a large ceramic object without breakage. Please share your studio kiln size, prior examples of large-scale thrown vessels, and an estimated timeline from clay to finished, fired piece.
Approximate scale: somewhere around 55–75 cm in height, with a wide, stable base that keeps the vase from tipping when filled with branches, and a narrower neck opening sized to hold stems upright without extra support. Wall thickness needs to be even enough to survive firing without cracking, and the base has to be trimmed flat so it sits solidly on a hardwood or tile floor without wobbling.
The glaze is the part we care most about: we will share photos of our living room — wall colour, flooring, and existing furniture — and need the potter to propose a custom glaze finish (colour, tone, and surface texture: matte, satin, or a reactive/speckled glaze) that complements rather than clashes with the room. We are open to a single solid glaze or a more layered, artisanal surface, as long as it reads as one cohesive, considered colour story rather than a random stock glaze pulled off a shelf.
Deliverables: a couple of sketches or reference glaze test tiles before the final piece is thrown, progress photos through throwing, trimming, bisque firing and glaze firing, and secure packaging for shipping a large ceramic object without breakage. Please share your studio kiln size, prior examples of large-scale thrown vessels, and an estimated timeline from clay to finished, fired piece.
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