Handmade sculptural porcelain vase with blue dots

This vessel is inspired by ancient goddess figures such as the Venus of Willendorf and has real personality as it looks like it’s leaning in to whisper something. It’s decorated with hundreds of pin-prick dots and lines at the neck.

Hand-built slowly using the coiling technique from my garden studio in Forest Hill, using as few resources as possible.

Size approx: h 17.5 cm x w 9.5 cm, opening approx: 3.5 cm

• Porcelain, fired to 1260°

• Carvings inlaid with blue cobalt oxide and with a glossy clear glaze inside and out

• Each piece is unique, small surface imperfections are part of this technique

• Able to hold water

• Hand washing advised

• Makers mark at bottom