Single Vase: The vessel itself is the protagonist

A single vase placed alone on an empty surface, with ample blank space around it. The vase is a hand-thrown pottery piece, not perfectly symmetrical, with a full shoulder and a narrowed neck. The glaze is wood-fired or ash glaze, with colors transitioning from dark brown to light gray on the same piece, and several natural drips and ash spots. Because it is wood-fired, each piece is unique and cannot be replicated. Inside, only a single dried branch or a single flower is inserted, its length 1.5 times the height of the vase. The background is a plain wall with low illumination. Side lighting clearly shows both the layers of the glaze and the curves of the form. Avoid: vases made to be perfectly symmetrical and machine-formed, uniform glaze color without variation, filled with a bouquet of flowers, other objects placed on the surface.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一只花瓶單獨放在一張空的檯面上,四周留出大量空白。花瓶是手工拉坯的陶器,形體不完全對稱,肩部飽滿而頸部收窄;釉是柴燒或灰釉,顏色在同一件上從深褐漸變到淺灰,並有幾處自然的流釉與落灰形成的斑點。因為是柴燒,每一件的結果都無法複製。裡面只插一枝枯枝或一朵單花,長度是花瓶高度的一點五倍。背景是素色的牆,照度低。側光讓釉面的層次與器形的曲線同時清楚。避免:花瓶做成完全對稱的機器成型、釉色均勻無變化、插滿花束、檯面上擺放其他物件。