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Vases

Extruded clay vases made as gifts for guests at a shared celebration, each one cut to its own length and angle.

Ottawa, Ontario Concept 2011

A cluster of tall deep-blue glazed vases of different heights with angled openings, holding greenery, set in snow against a white wall

Guests at a shared celebration needed gifts to take home. We designed a vase that could decorate the space during the event and leave with each guest at the end, as a fragment of the collective experience.

The idea came from the variability of trees: each one is recognizably unique, yet clearly part of a group. Every vase was extruded from clay in the same way, and the variation comes from its length and the angle of the cut opening, so each piece is its own while still reading as part of one family of pottery.

Status: Concept
Period: 2011
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Sector: Research and concepts
Structure: Glazed clay
Scale: Variable

A single tall blue glazed vase with an angled opening, holding eucalyptus and grasses, standing in snow

Two small blue vases with greenery in the snow beside a tree trunk and a white wall

Project team and credits

TeamErika Shiraishi; Rick Danielson
PhotographyDhroov Patel

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