TAOTAO STUDIO

TAOTAO STUDIO Crown of Mud Ribbed Gourd Vase

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Color — Sky Blue Lime

A beautifully crafted product featuring hand-painted botanical illustrations. Each piece is unique, with subtle variations that make it truly one-of-a-kind.

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  • Process & Material: Hand-sculpted ceramic with high-fired matte seasonal-gradient glaze (Sky Blue Lime and Cobalt Orange variants); Mirror Chrome variant features a high-gloss metallic finish — please confirm with TAOTAO STUDIO whether this is an electroplated ceramic or a metallic glaze application before publishing material claims.
  • Form: Compact, squat multi-lobed gourd silhouette with 6–8 pronounced vertical ribs, a wide open mouth, and a stable flat base — roughly as wide as it is tall.
  • Dimensions: Approximately 15–20 cm wide, 12–18 cm tall (confirm exact measurements with supplier before publishing).
  • Variants: Sky Blue Lime (sky blue to lime-green gradient), Cobalt Orange (deep orange to cobalt blue gradient), Mirror Chrome (high-gloss metallic silver).
  • Function: Floral vase, shelf sculpture, tabletop art object, giftable collectible.
  • Brand: A piece from TAOTAO STUDIO's ongoing 'Crown of Mud' series, available through TRLAB.
Inspirations
  • TaoTao's 'Crown of Mud' meditation holds that clay fired to hardness becomes a pedestal — and in this vase, the pumpkin-lobed body is precisely that: a quiet armature waiting for whatever flower you decide to crown it with.
  • The two-tone gradient glazes — sky blue bleeding into lime, deep orange surrendering to cobalt — are not decorations applied to the surface but decisions that live inside the matte finish itself, shifting as the light moves across each rib.
  • TAOTAO STUDIO has shown work at Wallpaper STORE, K11, and Yiwu Art Museum; this vase carries that exhibition-quality attention into an object that sits on an ordinary shelf.
Highlights
  1. Multi-lobed gourd ribbing gives each color variant its own shifting gradient across the surface.
  2. Wide, open mouth accommodates generous stem arrangements without a narrow neck constraint.
  3. Mirror Chrome colorway offers a high-gloss metallic finish as a counterpoint to the matte variants.
Notices
  1. Handle with care — ceramic body can chip if struck against hard surfaces.
  2. Slight color variance may occur between production batches, particularly in gradient-glazed variants.
  3. The Mirror Chrome variant's finish type (electroplated ceramic vs. metallic glaze) should be confirmed before use with water or floral stems; if uncertain, use a small inner vessel or floral tube to hold water.
  4. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight, which may affect glaze color over time.
  5. Wipe clean with a soft damp cloth; do not submerge if the chrome variant's base material has not been confirmed as fully water-safe.

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Yifan Renxu Studio is a contemporary art and design practice founded by RISD alumnus Yifan. Centered on ceramics, the studio uses experimental material language to subvert the medium's traditional stereotypes—fragility, hardness, and utility. Instead, we reactivate the expressive potential and emotional tension within the clay.

This philosophy is embodied in our signature "Pillow Vase" series. By simulating a state of "soft collapse", these works create a visceral conflict between the visual illusion of softness and the physical reality of hard ceramic, challenging the viewer’s perception of object and reality.



Our work navigates the boundary between art and design, the absurd and the poetic. Here, ceramics are not merely material; they are a language—a vessel for observing the nuances of daily life. We strive to create works that remain undefined, yet full of tension and infinite possibility.

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