Ignorance is Bliss - Agne Kucerenkaite - Vase - Stoneware
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Agne Kucerenkaite designed the Stone Waste is Bliss Vase for Ignorance is Bliss, a 2025 Dutch design stoneware vase, 31 cm high with a 14 cm diameter, in brown/grey/beige, limited edition, handcrafted with embedded granite and delivered as shown.
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Stone Waste is Bliss Vase - Limited Edition
This hand-crafted stoneware vase is part of an experimental series exploring the use of natural stone waste in ceramics. Dark granite offcuts are embedded directly into the clay body; during high-temperature firing, the iron contained within the granite melts and migrates, forming subtle vertical streaks and organic crystalline marks inside the transparent glaze. These natural reactions create a surface that cannot be replicated, making each piece unique. The vase was cast in a cylindrical mould and fired upright, allowing gravity to influence the iron flow. A contemporary object with a raw, geological character.
Due to the natural shrinkage differences between clay and embedded granite, small rim splits can occur during the firing process. This vase contains two such splits, both fully sealed within the glaze; they are not defects but inherent results of the technique and material behaviour. The embedded stones also create slightly raised areas on the inner surface, another normal and intentional characteristic of this method, adding a tactile, playful quality to the piece. The vase is large in scale, measuring approximately 31 cm in height, 14 cm in diameter, and weighing around 1.5 kg, making it ideal for long or voluminous flower arrangements. The item will be delivered exactly as shown in the photographs.
Seller's Story
Ignorance is Bliss is a continuous design project founded by Agne Kucerenkaite. The research-based project utilises industrial waste and secondary materials and reuses them into interior and exterior products of higher value. Ignorance is Bliss is giving a new identity to waste and to the built environment, with empathy for planetary health.
The Ignorance is Bliss foundations date back to 2016. At that time industrial metal waste from diverse sources was analysed and reclaimed as a pigment for ceramics, glass, and textiles, with a limited edition homeware collection as an outcome. All along, Ignorance is Bliss complexity grew into in-depth theoretical and material research of diverse waste leading to small and large-scale design applications. Ignorance is Bliss is an umbrella term for ongoing experimentation and disruptive cross-disciplinary thinking, which gradually develops into techniques and products.
Stone Waste is Bliss Vase - Limited Edition
This hand-crafted stoneware vase is part of an experimental series exploring the use of natural stone waste in ceramics. Dark granite offcuts are embedded directly into the clay body; during high-temperature firing, the iron contained within the granite melts and migrates, forming subtle vertical streaks and organic crystalline marks inside the transparent glaze. These natural reactions create a surface that cannot be replicated, making each piece unique. The vase was cast in a cylindrical mould and fired upright, allowing gravity to influence the iron flow. A contemporary object with a raw, geological character.
Due to the natural shrinkage differences between clay and embedded granite, small rim splits can occur during the firing process. This vase contains two such splits, both fully sealed within the glaze; they are not defects but inherent results of the technique and material behaviour. The embedded stones also create slightly raised areas on the inner surface, another normal and intentional characteristic of this method, adding a tactile, playful quality to the piece. The vase is large in scale, measuring approximately 31 cm in height, 14 cm in diameter, and weighing around 1.5 kg, making it ideal for long or voluminous flower arrangements. The item will be delivered exactly as shown in the photographs.
Seller's Story
Ignorance is Bliss is a continuous design project founded by Agne Kucerenkaite. The research-based project utilises industrial waste and secondary materials and reuses them into interior and exterior products of higher value. Ignorance is Bliss is giving a new identity to waste and to the built environment, with empathy for planetary health.
The Ignorance is Bliss foundations date back to 2016. At that time industrial metal waste from diverse sources was analysed and reclaimed as a pigment for ceramics, glass, and textiles, with a limited edition homeware collection as an outcome. All along, Ignorance is Bliss complexity grew into in-depth theoretical and material research of diverse waste leading to small and large-scale design applications. Ignorance is Bliss is an umbrella term for ongoing experimentation and disruptive cross-disciplinary thinking, which gradually develops into techniques and products.
Details
Era
After 2000
Style subtype
Dutch design
No. of items
1
Country of Origin
Netherlands
Designer/Artist/Maker
Agne Kucerenkaite
Material
Stoneware
Style
Design
Manufacturer/ Brand
Ignorance is Bliss
Colour
Beige, Brown, Grey
Condition
As new - unused
Height
31 cm
Width
14 cm
Depth
14 cm
Diameter
14 cm
Estimated Period
2025
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