New York-based ceramist (and florist) Aviva Rowley creates Wet Vessels: vases, planters, and pots with moody, gun-metal glazes. But be warned: each piece is one of a kind, so when it’s sold, it’s gone.
Read on to see some of our favorites … and a peek at a new collection Rowley is working on with LA-based florist (and Gardenista contributor) Sophia Moreno-Bunge.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. Above: A Baby Bud vase made of dark brown clay has a matte black glaze and measures 3.5 inches high and 1.5 inches in diameter; $60. Florist Rowley got her start in the business as an intern to Manhattan florist and garden designer Emily Thompson: “Emily Thompson … is an amazing artist and sculptor turned florist—so there was never much separation between sculpture and flower arranging,” Rowley recently told Freunden von Freunden. “For me they are just different materials. I didn’t know jack about flowers when I started working for her.” Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. Above: At 6 inches high, a Barbell Vessel has a diameter of 2.5 inches; $150.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. Above: A Crushed Van vase with a gun metal glaze is $80.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. Above: Coming soon is a collection of ceramic bricks with holes to hold single stems, a collaboration with florist Sophia Moreno-Bunge. “How perfect they are for rooting!” says Rowley.
