Small "Volcano" Vase

A contemporary minimal bud vase ideal for single stems, handmade by Laima from her studio in rural Latvia. The elegant shape in combination with the raw, textured surface create a unique design object.

Treasure the beauty of imperfection an embody the aesthetic principles of wabi-sabi.

Artfully handcrafted on the pottery wheel from high-fired stoneware.

Glazed with crater lava glaze- surface may be decorative and rough to touch.

Functional vase (holds water).

Each one is unique. Shapes vary slightly- please see images for examples.

MINI: h=5cm, d=7cm, opening 0.8cm

SMALL: h= 5cm, d=11cm, opening 1cm

MEDIUM: h=8cm, d=13cm, opening 1cm

W A B I - S A B I

"Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic.
It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
It is a beauty of things modest and humble.
It is a beauty of things unconventional.
It is also two separate words, with related but different meanings.

"Wabi" is the kind of perfect beauty that is seemingly-paradoxically caused by just the right kind of imperfection,
such as an asymmetry in a ceramic bowl which reflects the handmade craftsmanship,
as opposed to another bowl which is perfect, but soul-less.

"Sabi" is the kind of beauty that can come only with age,
such as the patina on a very old bronze statue."

This text via
Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leonard Koren