Vases shaped to hold a moment.

A matte black neck gives way to a speckled band of cream and dark iron, then to a warm rust-pink body ringed with throwing lines. Before glazing, we brushed on a manganese wash, a dark mineral stain. It settles into every groove left by the wheel, so the rings read as shadow and relief under the glaze. Small blue-gray spots float across the surface where the glaze broke through.

A matte black neck flares over a rust-red body carved all over with short, vertical strokes. Dark glaze pools in every cut, so the surface looks like tall grass, falling rain, or the bark of a redwood, depending on how the light hits it. Small enough for a single stem, or for pens on a desk.