The vase offers artisanal quality through hand-pressed black clay construction and traditional Portuguese craftsmanship. Its 'barro preto' technique creates a unique textured surface with black, grey and earth tone variations from underground pit firing. The rounded silhouette provides versatile styling options, while each piece maintains individual character through the handmade process.
Hand pressed by craftsman António Marques, the Christian Haas-designed 'Portal Vase' by Origin Made is an exploration of what it means to be 'hand formed'. Every handmade black clay piece is unique, thanks also in part to the application of the declining Portuguese art of 'barro preto', where a non-homogeneous texture of black, grey and earth tones emerge as a result of a firing process in an underground pit called a 'soenga'. What emerges are items likes this large rounded vase, which manages to feel both ancient and modern at the same time.
