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Alex Anderson — Rose and Daisy Night Vessel
Alex Anderson — Rose and Daisy Night Vessel
Alex Anderson — Rose and Daisy Night Vessel
Alex Anderson

Rose and Daisy Night Vessel

2025

Rose and Daisy Night Vessel presents a richly ornamented earthenware form where botanical motifs bloom across a darkened ground, their petals rendered in layered glaze and finished with gold luster that catches light with an almost candlelit warmth. Anderson works within a tradition of decorative ceramics that honors the vessel as both functional object and pictorial surface, and this piece demonstrates the particular confidence he brings to that lineage, balancing intricate surface detail against a form that feels grounded and complete. The gold luster treatment elevates the floral imagery beyond simple decoration, lending the roses and daisies a luminous, jewel-like quality that rewards close looking. Completed in 2025, the work reflects Anderson's continued exploration of pattern, material alchemy, and the expressive potential of earthenware as a medium. The relatively intimate scale, at roughly 22.9 by 25.4 centimeters, makes this a piece suited to spaces where it can be encountered at close range, where the subtlety of the luster and the precision of the glaze work register fully. It is the kind of object that holds its own in a focused collection of contemporary ceramics while also standing comfortably alongside works in other media that share an interest in craft, ornament, and the handmade. The piece is signed by the artist and currently available through Superposition.

Medium
Earthenware, Glaze, Gold Luster
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Superposition, LOS ANGELES, CA

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Alex Anderson, Rose and Daisy Night Vessel, 2025

Rose and Daisy Night Vessel presents a richly ornamented earthenware form where botanical motifs bloom across a darkened ground, their petals rendered in layered glaze and finished with gold luster that catches light with an almost candlelit warmth. Anderson works within a tradition of decorative ceramics that honors the vessel as both functional object and pictorial surface, and this piece demonstrates the particular confidence he brings to that lineage, balancing intricate surface detail against a form that feels grounded and complete. The gold luster treatment elevates the floral imagery beyond simple decoration, lending the roses and daisies a luminous, jewel-like quality that rewards close looking. Completed in 2025, the work reflects Anderson's continued exploration of pattern, material alchemy, and the expressive potential of earthenware as a medium. The relatively intimate scale, at roughly 22.9 by 25.4 centimeters, makes this a piece suited to spaces where it can be encountered at close range, where the subtlety of the luster and the precision of the glaze work register fully. It is the kind of object that holds its own in a focused collection of contemporary ceramics while also standing comfortably alongside works in other media that share an interest in craft, ornament, and the handmade. The piece is signed by the artist and currently available through Superposition.

Medium
Earthenware, Glaze, Gold Luster
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
Year
2025
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Superposition, LOS ANGELES, CA

Related themes

Lusterware, American, Decorative Arts, LGBTQ+ Artist, Vessel, Earthenware, Floral, Ceramics, Contemporary

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