Iris Vessel

Iris — where violet meets the wheat

Vessel Details

Form: Ribbed cylinder

Glaze: Warm sandy-amber throughout; purple-violet and blue drips running through vertical ribs

Pump: White

Capacity: Approximately 8 oz

Fill: Your choice of botanical hand lotion or botanical liquid hand soap

Refills available.

About This Vessel

Iris blooms in the borderland between seasons — the ground still cold, the sky not yet decided. The color it carries is particular: not quite purple, not quite blue, bleeding into the warm amber of last year's grasses. That exact tension lives in this vessel.

The form is a cylinder, wheel-thrown and hand-ribbed from top to base. The clay is sandy and warm, glazed in an earthy amber that reads differently in morning light than in evening. Then the violet-blue came — dripping slowly through the channels of the ribbing during the firing, pooling in the low places, fading where the heat was strongest.

The result is something that looks foraged rather than made. It belongs on a kitchen counter beside a jar of calendula oil, or on a bathroom shelf where morning light can find the blue.

Care

Hand wash only. Do not submerge or place in dishwasher. Stoneware is water-resistant and will deepen beautifully with age and use.

One of one. When sold, this vessel leaves the collection.