Small Coiled Ceramic Vase — Turquoise Glaze

A small handmade ceramic vase, hand-built coil-by-coil in white clay and finished in a soft turquoise glaze — made by hand in our Scottish studio.

The making: Each vase is hand-built using the traditional coiling technique — thin coils of white stoneware clay rolled out and laid one on top of the other, then smoothed by hand from the inside while the outside texture is left visible. The piece is bisque-fired first, then hand-glazed in turquoise that breaks clear over the raised coils, before a final high-temperature firing. The base is stamped with our maker’s mark.

How it looks: A soft swimming-pool turquoise that pools darker in the dips between coils and breaks to a pale chalk-white along the raised ridges where the white clay shows through. The shape is an irregular cylinder — each coil ring visible like a horizontal texture line across the body.

Use it for:

• Holding a small bouquet of garden flowers on a kitchen windowsill
• A bedside vase with a single sprig of greenery
• Displaying dried grasses or fresh herbs in the kitchen
• A considered housewarming or first-home gift
• Pairing on a shelf with other small handmade pieces

A considered gift for someone moving into a new home or who collects small handmade ceramics — housewarmings, birthdays, or simply because.

Care: Fully glazed inside and out and watertight for fresh flowers. Hand wash with mild soap; avoid soaking the glazed maker’s mark for long periods.

Size:

• Dimensions available on request
• Handmade — small variations in coil texture and glaze are part of the character