Most ceramic vases are thrown or slip-cast - processes that reward roundness and constrain complexity. The Dedali Vase is 3D-printed in stoneware, which is why it can exist. The openwork lattice at the top - the feature that makes it visually distinctive - would be prohibitively difficult to achieve through any other ceramic process. The lattice is not ornamental: the grid of gaps holds flower stems in position without a separate frog or pin-holder, functioning as an integrated Ikebana structure. The body is left unglazed externally for a dry, matte texture; the interior is glazed to hold water. Because the stoneware clay shrinks unevenly during firing, dimensions shift slightly with each piece. No two are identical in the way mass-produced objects usually pretend to be. At £95 for the medium in off-white, this is a piece of considered design that happens to be fairly priced.
£95 - fermliving.com