Symmetrical Vases

Blueware Vases
Plants and flowers are stuck to the surface of the vases using a pressing techniques. The vases are then exposed to UV light on a rotating spit, capturing the plant from leaf to root, similar to white on blue Jasperware cameos. The UV light exposure causes the white of the clay to turn a Prussian blue.




Laguna Clay
Wheel-thrown stoneware vases with shino glaze.
Dripping method at top with cracking results after kiln. Notice bottom width and top hole are about the same width. Dimnsions 14 x 7, 11 x 7, 11 x 9

Symmetrical Vases

Natural Ash Glazed Jar
by Yoshisuji Keiji

Based on stoneware jars from the 12th century, the natural ash gives the jar an almost buried feel. Fired multiple times to give it the gritty texture and colors.

Bizen Hidasuki (rice-straw cord design) Jar
by Isezaki Taku

"...a poem in clay of inter-connectedness that visually alludes into these sentiments." Represents how everything is intertwined in visible and invisible ways.

http://www.japanesepottery.com/

Modern Vases

I chose this piece because it is very colorful and exciting. The glazes on this piece are very bright, so it catches the eye.









This vase is a modern piece that has a very interesting texture, and a very beautiful shiny glaze.

Wheel Thrown Symmetric Vases

This wheel thrown stoneware vase is twelve inches tall and has a flat top. The glaze used on it is a house specialty glaze. It has a very nice runny, water color effect. The diameter of the mouth is a lot smaller than the diameter of the bottom. I really like the variety of the colors used; it gives the vase a metallic kind of quality.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UaJg677ZL.jpg

Wheel Thrown Symmetric Vases

This wheel thrown vase was made in 2008 with Dillo white (Armadillo clay). It also has a celadon green glaze on top of it. What makes this symmetric vase interesting is its cracked design. The cracks are very visible because they have been filled in (using a brush) with sumi ink. The diameter of the mouth of the piece is a lot smaller than the bottom's. The piece has a very oval-like or egg-like shape to it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajanhelendam/2326369128/

Wheel Thrown vases

This is a wheel thrown vase. It is used to hold a flower or two. It has a nice football shape. The glazes look cool. It is an off white with cracks and a red glaze. They go well together.

This is a wheel thrown vase made to hold flowers. There are two different blue glazes, however, it looks like there are many different shades of blue in it. It is about 7 inches tall and 4 inches wide.

Vase from the renaissance period