Vanilla Meadow Trinket Dish
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Category: |
Home decorations, Gifts, Pottery |
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SKU: |
122725C01 |
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Price: |
$25.00 |
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Artist: |
Sueann Smith |
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Color: |
White |
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Make: |
Stoneware |
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Origin: |
USA |
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This trinket dish feels intimate and botanical—like a pressed herbarium page translated into clay 🌾
The form is soft and organic, with a gently scalloped rim that gives the dish a hand-formed, almost floral silhouette. Nothing about it feels rigid or mechanical; instead, it has a quiet, natural irregularity that makes it feel alive and personal. The shallow depth is perfect for small, meaningful objects—rings, earrings, coins, or other daily talismans.
The surface treatment is especially lovely. A warm, creamy glaze—freckled with subtle specks—acts as a calm, earthy backdrop for the botanical imagery. The plants themselves are rendered in rich brown tones, likely brushed or transferred with great care. Their delicate stems, seed heads, and petals feel observational and reverent, as though the artist spent time truly looking before committing them to clay. There’s a sense of late summer or early autumn in the imagery—plants past peak bloom, but full of character and memory.
The contrast between the soft, undulating rim and the fine linework at the center creates a beautiful balance: structure holding fragility. Altogether, the dish feels thoughtful and poetic—less like a container and more like a quiet moment captured. It’s the kind of piece that turns everyday objects into something worth pausing for.
My work is driven by an insistent need to make — to explore, experiment, and stay in conversation with materials. I work across multiple mediums, clay, glass, paint, fiber. I let the process guide the outcome rather than forcing a fixed result. What’s made is often taken apart, reshaped, or returned to the beginning.
I draw inspiration from the natural world and from the quiet details of everyday life — the mundane, the overlooked, the in-between. I’m interested in cycles: forming, breaking down, and becoming something new.
I approach my practice with openness and curiosity, allowing room for wonder, failure, and transformation. What comes before is carried forward. The work evolves through repetition, pressure, attention, and time.
At its core, my work is about staying present — paying attention, working honestly, and honoring change as part of the process. - Sueann Smith