Tsuchi Wedge Vase

The Tsuchi Wedge Vase is angular and architectural: an asymmetric stoneware form built around a single clean cleft. A small opening at the peak holds a stem. The piece itself is the statement; whatever you place in it is the second note.

This is the most architectural of the Tsuchi family, and the easiest to underuse. A single architectural stem, a sculptural branch, a length of dried wheat. Place it where the wedge can be seen in profile rather than from directly above.

Tsuchi is a family of hand-finished stoneware objects, each formed differently and all finished in the same matte beige glaze. Each piece carries small irregularities in the finish; no two are quite identical.

Tsuchi means earth, or clay, in Japanese. The shortest possible answer to the question of what these objects are.

Details

• Material: stoneware with matte beige glaze
• Hand-finished, each piece subtly different
• Suits: a single architectural stem or branch
• Care: wipe clean with a soft, damp cloth; not dishwasher safe