Paris-based ceramicist Cécile Daladier’s delicate, hand-formed vases show off the charms of single stems–any flower, really, that you picked a minute ago from the garden.
Says Alexa Cécile s pieces begin with clay derived from the earth in the Drí me in southeastern France She mixes it in an industrial bread mixer When firing each piece over an open flame...
...she wears a rubber bodysuit and mask for protection and must add wood constantly to keep the fire burning strong When she extracts the pottery at peak temperature the pieces still glow red from the heat
A round white and gray vase with five cylinders to hold flower stems, Ceramic Piece No.
The internal cylinders serve the same practical purpose as a florist’s frog; they hold individual stems in place.
A small glazed ivory vase with gray crackles has seven holes for individual stems; the Ceramic Piece No.
A round, chalk-colored bud vase has one small hole.
Blush pink, a tiny round vase with six holes measures 1 inch tall and 2.5 inches wide; Ceramic Piece No.
1 can accommodate a garden’s worth of flowers; it has both tall cylinders and small holes and is $315.
Daladier’s ceramic pieces, on display in her light-filled studio in Paris.