Arc Vase in Speckled Stoneware with Black and White Inlay

This collection of vases was developed out of a fascination with the interaction of architecture and the natural world; clean lines against organic shapes. The simple slab-built forms contrast with plants and flowers, with the flowers peeking out from behind the vase.

The front plane incorporates a fine layer of folded hand-coloured stoneware embedded into the surface, making each vase different. This patterning process has gradually developed after becoming fascinated with Nerikomi  and agateware techniques and hand-colouring clay as soon as Emily Marston started working with pottery.

This vase has soft black hand-coloured stoneware, and porcelain white stoneware, inlaid into speckled stoneware clay.

All of Emily’s work is hand built in her studio in East Oxford. Each vase is fired twice at a high temperature. After firing, the outside is polished by hand to create a smooth tactile surface, with more of a textured surface on the speckled clay. The inside and back is glazed with a lovely matte clear glaze.

Approx. dimensions:

Front: Height – 8.8 cm  Width – 12.5 cm

Vase section: Height: 6 cm