Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing quilt design and this easily made the

and this easily made the cut

and the processes for making them all feel so very modern

including dramatic cantilevering and top-heavy towers

I love that this little old bull was really made with "no bull" - just a silhouette cut out from a piece of wood

made all the better by lots off scrapes and wear

Mid-Century Otagiri, Japan Ribbed Stoneware Budvase with Drippy Marbled Glazing quilt design and this easily made theBack in the day, Otagiri, Japan made some pretty good pieces, like this one I think, which I first took as a two piece studio pottery vessel (it is in fact all one piece) and which has a sort of a mid century scandanavian feel to me. Nice weight, good earthy feel, with a deeply ribbed body that caused the pretty marbling of the drippy glazing. Perfect for one stem and I think would be the exact right vase for one small flowering branch or, even