Castle Vase

This vase began as a simple question: what if a vase could feel like a place, not just an object? Thinking about architecture, I approached the form as something you could almost step into - a structure with its own sense of space, openings, and life inside it.

The shape was inspired by a tulipiere, with a sense of squareness, but it moves away from symmetry and perfection. Instead, it feels more like a small, uneven building - something that has grown over time.

While making it, I kept imagining a small bear living inside - quietly sharing the space with the plants. That idea stayed with me. It adds a sense of warmth and scale, turning the vase into something closer to a tiny home or ecosystem.

The materials reflect this mix of natural and constructed. The ceramic body feels grounded and organic, while the metal chains wrap and hang with a sense of weight and tension, like something added over time for support or restraint. On top, vinyl introduces a different texture - slightly artificial, slightly protective -like a skin placed over the structure.

Overall, the piece sits somewhere between object and place, functional and imagined. It’s a vase, but also a small world - one that holds plants, suggests architecture, and leaves space for a quiet story to exist inside it.