{"product_id":"wood-fired-mini-vase-1","title":"Wood-Fired Mini Vase","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWood-Fired Mini Vase — Handmade Stoneware by Brooker Ceramics\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wood-Fired Mini Vase is exactly what its name promises: intimate, deliberate, complete in itself. This hand-thrown stoneware piece brings the calm presence of the wood-fired kiln into your home. It holds a single stem or small cluster with quiet grace, and it's equally at home on display, where its surface tells the story of fire all by itself. The wood-fired process creates marks and colour that are never the same twice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eForm \u0026amp; Character\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eA miniature that holds its own. The modest dome of this vessel suggests a hand cupped to offer something precious. It's sized perfectly for tiny flowers: buttercups, feverfew, small stems that matter. The proportions are considered: hand-thrown by the maker, small enough to rest in your palm, yet substantial enough to anchor the corner of a table or the edge of a shelf. The form invites you to really look at it. There's no expanse of surface to hide behind, which means every mark from the fire becomes part of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMade for the Table. Built for Display.\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou might place this on your dining table with a single stem of buttercup or a cluster of feverfew. Or you might leave it empty, letting the surface speak for itself. This is what makes it at home in both lives: as a vessel and as an object worthy of quiet attention. It earns its place on display through the character that lives in its surface, through the marks that the fire has made. Position it on a shelf where light can reach it, in a corner that needs anchoring, on a windowsill where you'll see it as you pass. Each placement changes how you read it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eHandcrafted in Oxfordshire\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvery piece is thrown by hand at the Brooker Ceramics studio in Oxfordshire. The maker works the stoneware with intention, centering the clay under the wheel, shaping the form with deliberate movements. Then it travels into the wood-fired kiln: a process that introduces its own variables and unpredictability. The fire moves through the kiln chamber in ways that can't be predicted or controlled by anyone, no matter how experienced. One piece might receive only a light kiss from the flames and ash. Another sits deeper in the chamber, gathering more intense colour and ash deposits from the firing. This is why no two pieces are exactly alike. You're receiving not a reproduction or industrial copy, but a truly singular object: shaped by human hands and transformed by the unpredictable nature of wood-fire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eQuality \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe surface is food-safe and waterproof, fired to a high temperature that makes the stoneware dense, strong, and durable. The wood-firing process actually strengthens the clay body itself, creating a piece that resists chipping and damage through everyday use and display. It's perfectly suited to holding water and keeping delicate flowers fresh for as long as you'd like. Hand-wash to preserve the surface and its unique character. Over time, with regular use and handling, it will develop a deeper patina entirely your own. Each ring of water, each mark of handling, each moment of living with it becomes part of its growing story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAbout Brooker Ceramics\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrooker Ceramics is a working studio in Oxfordshire dedicated to functional ware and sculptural ceramics. The maker believes that a well-made piece should earn its place in your home through both utility and artistic presence. Every object that leaves the studio has been carefully considered, thrown by hand, fired, and held to the same exacting standard: it must be honest in its materials, durable in use, and worth the space it occupies. The studio's work reaches a YouTube community of 25,000 people worldwide who understand that handmade doesn't mean precious or fragile. It means real. And real things are built to be used and to last.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHandmade, so there may be variations in shape and glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brooker Ceramics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57653769077109,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9402\/6735\/files\/Wood-fired-mini-vase-shino-front_3e385ad8-bd89-4753-a6dc-323e10d49463.jpg?v=1793097017","url":"https:\/\/countrylivingshop.co.uk\/products\/wood-fired-mini-vase-1","provider":"Country Living Marketplace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}