Urtigu - ceramic vase
268,00 €
Urtigu is a hand-carved vase, cut from a solid block of grey salt-and-pepper shamot using the kurinuki technique. The exterior carries the full record of the making — gouge marks, torn edges, the exact texture of a material that resisted and yielded in equal measure. The interior is smoothed by hand. Finished with clear glaze.
Quantity
Specifications
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Item code |
AH-VA14-M |
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Size |
M — Medium |
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Dimensions |
140 × 170 mm (W × H) |
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Weight |
3083 g |
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Clay body |
grey salt-and-pepper shamot |
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Glaze |
clear glaze |
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Technique |
Kurinuki — hand-carved from solid block |
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Firing |
Stoneware, high-fire |
About Ad-hoc collection
The Ad-hoc collection began not with a plan but with a block of clay and the instinct to cut. Each piece is carved from a solid mass of highly granulated shamot clay using the kurinuki technique — a Japanese method of subtraction, of finding the vessel that already exists inside the material. Nothing is added. Everything unnecessary is removed.
The collection takes its name from the Latin: for this, for now, from what is available. Imperfection is not concealed. Asymmetry is not corrected. Each piece is singular; the weight of a specific block, the resistance of a specific edge, the decision made at a specific moment that cannot be repeated.
No two pieces from the Ad-hoc collection are identical. This is not a flaw — it is the condition of the work.
