Inspired by the erotic art of Japanese rope bondage, this vase acts as a body onto which feelings of restraint, desire and sensuality are projected through meditative patterns of lines and knots. Sculpted from brown-speckled stoneware, the wheel-thrown vessel is adorned with hand-sculpted ceramic rope finished in a glossy black glaze.

Ceramic

Made In New York

15 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches

About Studio Alien Ceramics:
Eric Higgins, aka Studio Alien, is a ceramic artist based in New York City who crafts functional sculptures inspired by themes of bondage, yearning and queer identity. 

By combining traditional wheel-throwing with experimental hand-building techniques, Higgins pushes boundaries to construct vessels that are both familiar yet subversive. Raw texture and graphic contrast are central to his visual language; controlling the clay’s natural grit through striking compositions of structure and shadow.

Higgins is originally from central Maryland where he grew up playing with mud in the creek behind his family home; he has been formally working with clay for over 8 years.