Tuliperie Venus Vase

A tuliperie, the old Dutch form with separate openings so each stem stands on its own. Warshawsky likes researching antique vases and remaking them her way, and this is that habit at its most direct. Not watertight, so dried tulips or grasses. Talia Warshawsky makes contemporary ceramics that look like they were dug up in ancient Mesopotamia. She trained in Mashiko, Japan, where the pottery taught her to step away from perfection, and she traces her heritage to Morocco, whose art and culture run through her work. Before clay she spent ten years designing textiles, which is where her love of texture comes from. She works in London, and every piece keeps the marks of her hand.