Minimal Vase

A vessel stripped back to its outline, this is a vase that does its work by staying quiet. The form reads as a vase from across the room and then gets out of the way, leaving whatever you put in it to carry the interest. That restraint is the point: a busier piece starts arguing with the shelf it stands on. It suits dried stems, a single bloom, a handful of pampas grass, or standing empty as an object in its own right. Kitchen windowsill, hallway console, bedside table, a desk that needs something other than a mug on it. Undecorated forms like this also make straightforward gifts, precisely because they do not impose a taste on the person receiving them. Makers building a set often run the same shape at two or three sizes, which gives a grouped arrangement rather than a row of identical objects.