Lara - Dotted Mini Vase - Magdalena Clay
€39.00

1 in stock

Details

Material: The body of the dotted mini vase is recycled stoneware, dipped in Magdalena clay.
Approximate Dimensions:
Wide: 7.7 cm
Height: 8.6 cm
Diameter Opening: 1.6 cm

 

 

UNIQUE: This means you will get exactly the one photographed.

Please take into consideration that this item is handmade. Therefore, dimensions & colors may slightly vary from item to item. There is also a chance that the item you receive is not the exact same as the one photographed (unless otherwise stated), so if the glaze has spots or crystals, their positioning will be different from item to item. This makes each and every one of my objects completely unique :)

 

 

Story

Meet Lara!
Named after a good friend of mine which we met at the corners of the online social media platforms. She has a beautiful apartment with really nicely curated things and lots of ceramics here and there. She is one of my biggest supporters and actually had made this Vase previously and was forgotten in one of my drawers and she was the one to find it and give it life again. Made me think. Hmm maybe I need to give this Vase another chance!

I love the shape, and I think its a cute sphere mini vase – The stripes was a new idea that I think will never happen again because of its time invensitivity haha. But it turned out beautiful! Hope wherever she lands she is as happy as Lara with her pieces <3

The material:

This piece is dipped in a slip made from wild clay I foraged along the banks of the Magdalena River, near Barranquilla, the city where I grew up in Colombia. The Magdalena is one of South America’s great rivers, and its sediment carries millennia of geological memory. When fired, this clay transforms into something unexpected: a surface that is simultaneously matte and metallic, catching light in a way that feels more mineral than ceramic.

Rather than a conventional glaze, the Colombian clay acts as both decoration and story, a thin skin of my origins laid over the body of my daily studio practice.

The form itself is built from reclaimed stoneware, a blend of studio scraps and recycled clay that carries the history of my making practice within it. No two batches are ever quite the same, giving each piece a quietly individual character from the start.

Two geographies in one object: the river of my childhood and the clay scraps of my life in Vienna.

Each piece is a collaboration between the earth and my craft: wild, authentic, and utterly unique.

If you want to read more about the Magdalena River foraging experience, you can read my blog post here.

 

 

Care

 

  • It is recommended to wash this piece with a little bit of dish soap and warm water.
  • This item is watertight.

 

 

Disclaimer: Use for decoration purposes.