Handmade Ceramic Vases, Made in Australia

Yes. Every vase is fired at cone 6 (approximately 1220°C), which produces a fully vitrified, waterproof body. The interior glaze is food safe and completely sealed. Fill them with water and fresh stems - that is exactly what they are made for.

A rinse after use is usually enough. However, these pieces are built to last decades, so if you want to put them in a dishwasher, that's fine too!

Because each piece is made entirely by hand, taking 4+ hours across multiple sessions: forming or casting, drying, bisque firing, brush-glazing in layers, kiln firing. That is before photography, packing, or shipping. A mass-produced pottery vase is made by a machine in seconds. A handmade one is made by a person who spent years learning how. The material cost (clay, glazes, kiln electricity) is real too, but it's the time and skill that accounts for most of the price difference.

Dried flowers and botanicals, pampas grass, eucalyptus branches, foraged stems, single stems from the garden, cotton branches, seed pods. Many people also use them as standalone objects - on a shelf, a bedside table, or a windowsill with nothing in them at all. These pieces are designed to hold their own, empty.

Absolutely - dried arrangements are a great match for these vases. You get the colour and texture of the vase alongside the muted tones of dried botanicals, which tend to complement rather than compete. No water needed, so there is no maintenance. Just arrange and leave.

Very close, but not identical. The photos show a real piece made in the studio using the same form and glaze palette as yours. Because each piece is handmade individually, there will be slight variation in tone and surface texture - the glaze pools slightly differently in each firing, and the form carries the subtle marks of the hand that made it. This is not a flaw; it's what handmade means.

The collection spans from small bud vases (roughly 8-12cm tall, suited to single stems or small bunches) to large sculptural pieces (25cm+, suited to full bunches, tall stems, and statement arrangements). Each product listing includes exact dimensions. If you are unsure whether a specific piece suits a particular arrangement, get in touch and Rhiannon can help.

Yes - a handmade ceramic vase is a lasting, practical object that most people would love to receive! It's the kind of gift that earns a permanent place in someone's home rather than ending up at the back of a cupboard. Works for housewarming, birthdays, Mother's Day, and wedding anniversaries (pottery is the traditional gift for the 9th anniversary). Entry-level pieces start at $45 for something genuinely special, with larger sculptural pieces from $140 for a real statement gift. Every order arrives carefully wrapped. If you would like a handwritten note included, just mention it in your order notes.

Look for slight variations in the form - walls that are not perfectly uniform, a rim that is not a perfect circle, surface texture that shifts across the piece. These are signs of hand work, not errors. Rhiannon's pieces are photographed individually precisely because no two are identical. If a "handmade" vase looks like every other one in the range, it probably wasn't made by hand.

Sometimes. Rhiannon occasionally takes commissions - if there is a piece that has sold and you would like something in a similar glaze direction, or if you have a specific size in mind, it is worth asking. Send an enquiry with what you have in mind and she will let you know what is possible and the current wait time.