Fuse Vase / Tall Blue

Each Fuse vase is unique. They are a mash up of many different glazes — the magic is in the mix. Technically, this is what we call a “white fuse vase’, in that the base color is white, but added colors and structure vary from vase to vase.

This is a tall Fuse Vase and it was created using glazes all in a range of blue. It has beautiful movement in the form.

Fuse Vases start as a 3” cylinder, but the structure varies from one to another — this vase measures approximately  8.75″H x 4″D x 4.5″W

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$650.00 excluding tax

Glazing is the most miraculous (and frustrating) part of making ceramics. Glaze is basically a layer of glass that is melted onto the surface of the ceramic. It seals the ceramic, makes it more durable, and can be very decorative.

Harry developed these fuse vases to take advantage of the glazing process and highlight its beauty. A simple cylinder is cast and roughly cut into many rings. The focus is on the glaze, so the ceramic is left very raw, no care is taken to clean up the parts, remove parting lines, or cut regular rings. The rings are glazed, dry-stacked on each other, and fired.

As the glaze melts the rings fuse together. The process allows the deisgner to use many glazes and colors on one piece, and it is very unpredictable. The rings shift, the cylinders lean, the glazes mix, run and react to each other, and it is more often than not, very beautiful. Each vase is therefore unique.
Their haphazard nature makes these pieces stunning on display in your home. Harry also made sure they function but, a vase that is a bit off center isn’t going to hold a bouquet of tall, heavy flowers. However, the bottom cup is glazed on the inside, will hold water, and these pieces can function as bud vases, or they can hold a small branch, etc. The smaller vases, in general, are more on center and can hold more.

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