{"product_id":"leaning-ceramic-vase-one-of-a-kind","title":"Leaning Ceramic Vase — One of a Kind","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade by Tetsuya Otani, JP, c. 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA one-of-a-kind porcelain vase in soft white, made in the wan-tsugi (碗継ぎ) technique — the vessel thrown in two hemispheres and joined at the equator, each piece carrying its own subtle asymmetry from the seam. This one leans, its body settling off-axis, its rim tilted from the vertical — a posture rather than a silhouette. Where Otani's line work is refined to neutral form, the one-of-a-kind pieces arrive already inflected: the gesture in the clay before the vase ever holds a stem.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTetsuya Otani's porcelain is made for the present. Each vessel arrives with a soft white surface and a form refined to its bare skeleton. Time enters through use — the meal served, the coffee poured, the flowers arranged, the daily handling — rather than the maker's direction. Trained as an industrial designer before turning to clay, Otani approaches ceramics through the act of subtraction. He calls it denationalization: refining away the signifiers and declarations that mark a vessel's origin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold Individually.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tetsuya Otani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54055846740163,"sku":"TO10","price":2415.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/2567\/2387\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-29at4.29.26PM.png?v=1785357040","url":"https:\/\/jadegrain.com\/products\/leaning-ceramic-vase-one-of-a-kind","provider":"Jade Grain","version":"1.0","type":"link"}