Pâte de Verre Glass Tall Vase - Violet Blue

Handcrafted by Mayuko Ogawa, JP, c. 2025.

With a narrowed waist and diffused curvature, this pâte de verre vase presents a violet-toned form suspended between presence and illusion. Its surface appears gently weathered, as though cast in the final hour of light—when shadows stretch and color lingers.

A glass artist based in Japan, Mayuko Ogawa works exclusively in pâte de verre, a centuries-old technique involving powdered glass and kiln casting. Her practice distills silhouettes into elegant archetypes, often featuring delicate transitions between opalescence and opacity. Each piece reflects a sensitivity to light, memory, and slow transformation.

Sold individually.

• Dishwasher safe but handwash recommended

“I make to give shape to quiet landscapes.”

Ogawa’s glassworks move between clarity and color, sculpted through pâte de verre. Born in Ibaraki and based in Ibaraki, she reimagines glass not merely as a surface, but as space: layers of translucence, texture, and light composing forms that feel both intimate and expansive. Her vessels carry a quiet presence, inviting attention over spectacle.

Trained at the Toyama Institute of Glass Art and with a background in comparative culture at Tsukuba University, Ogawa’s sensitivity to form stems from both language and observation. Her inspiration often arises from unassuming scenes—shifting reflections, fleeting colors, fragments of memory—translated through process and material into vessels that pause time. For Ogawa, glass is not an object to be admired, but a companion to the passing moment—fragile, reflective, and quietly grounding.