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Ruffle Bud Vase No. 4 of 5 | Soda Fired
A little vessel with a lot of personality. Each bud vase is thrown on the wheel by hand, and while the clay is still soft, I work my way around the rim, pressing it in and out with my fingers one wave at a time. No two ever ripple quite the same way.
The ruffles aren’t just for looks. Every little dip in the rim gives a stem somewhere to rest, so even a single flower stays standing instead of flopping to one side. And once it’s in, the ruffle sits around the base of the bloom like a soft, flowy skirt.
This one is from my Soda Fired Fall Collection, and the outside isn’t glazed at all. During the firing, soda ash is sprayed into the hot kiln, turns into vapor, and becomes glaze wherever it lands on the clay. The golden bronze you see is just the brown stoneware and the soda reacting to each other. Flip it over and you’ll find little circles on the bottom from the wadding it sat on in the kiln, where the raw clay stayed bare.
This one is the little sister to Small Ruffle Vase No. 1. Before the firing, I dripped and drizzled a flashing slip over the body, a thin layer of liquid clay that reacts with the soda and the flame. It came out a bright amber that loops and crisscrosses down the vase, with little drips that ran right to the bottom and wrapped around the ‘pooterie’ carving. Inside, it’s the same deep turquoise as its big sister, so the blue peeks out through every wave of the ruffle against all that warm amber and bronze.
At around 4.5 inches tall, it’s the perfect size for a single stem, a few sprigs of whatever is blooming, or nothing at all on a windowsill where it can just be pretty. Made to hold a small moment.
This is a one of one piece, so the one in the photos is the one you’ll get.
Want a matching pair? Its big sister, Small Ruffle Vase No. 1, has the same amber flashing slip and turquoise interior in a wider, rounder shape.
A little vessel with a lot of personality. Each bud vase is thrown on the wheel by hand, and while the clay is still soft, I work my way around the rim, pressing it in and out with my fingers one wave at a time. No two ever ripple quite the same way.
The ruffles aren’t just for looks. Every little dip in the rim gives a stem somewhere to rest, so even a single flower stays standing instead of flopping to one side. And once it’s in, the ruffle sits around the base of the bloom like a soft, flowy skirt.
This one is from my Soda Fired Fall Collection, and the outside isn’t glazed at all. During the firing, soda ash is sprayed into the hot kiln, turns into vapor, and becomes glaze wherever it lands on the clay. The golden bronze you see is just the brown stoneware and the soda reacting to each other. Flip it over and you’ll find little circles on the bottom from the wadding it sat on in the kiln, where the raw clay stayed bare.
This one is the little sister to Small Ruffle Vase No. 1. Before the firing, I dripped and drizzled a flashing slip over the body, a thin layer of liquid clay that reacts with the soda and the flame. It came out a bright amber that loops and crisscrosses down the vase, with little drips that ran right to the bottom and wrapped around the ‘pooterie’ carving. Inside, it’s the same deep turquoise as its big sister, so the blue peeks out through every wave of the ruffle against all that warm amber and bronze.
At around 4.5 inches tall, it’s the perfect size for a single stem, a few sprigs of whatever is blooming, or nothing at all on a windowsill where it can just be pretty. Made to hold a small moment.
This is a one of one piece, so the one in the photos is the one you’ll get.
Want a matching pair? Its big sister, Small Ruffle Vase No. 1, has the same amber flashing slip and turquoise interior in a wider, rounder shape.
