Coffee Bean Vase

Few subjects tile as neatly as a roasted bean: a plump oval with a deep crease running down the middle, repeated across a curved body until the whole surface catches light along hundreds of little valleys. Plain ribbing never does that. This vessel gives its entire skin over to that one repeated form. It belongs in a kitchen more than a lounge. Next to the grinder, beside the bag of whole beans, on a café counter, or handed over as a gift to the person in your life who has opinions about pour-over technique. A single-piece model, it suits dried stems and grasses, or works simply as a bit of worktop sculpture with nothing in it at all. The subject is instantly readable, which is more than most textured vases manage.