Octo Vase 127k

The name gives the geometry away: an eight-sided decorative vessel, faceted rather than round, so the flats catch and lose light as you move past and the profile changes depending on where you stand. A round vase tends to disappear into a shelf. An angular one holds an edge and gives the eye something to sit on. It belongs to the family of printed vessels that live on a mantelpiece, a hall table or a wide windowsill, standing with dried grasses, seed heads, pampas or bare twiggy stems in them, or standing empty, which a strongly geometric shape carries perfectly happily on its own. A single file and a single object, which makes it an easy gift and an easier set piece. Scale a few of them differently and group them together and you have a considered little arrangement rather than one lone ornament.