LES FUNDAMENTAL

Barbican is a sculptural ceramic vase by English ceramicist Talia Warshawsky. Made by hand from terracotta, Barbican is doubled fired then covered in a copper glaze with verdigris-colored markings. Inspired by Brutalist architecture and design, Warshawsky's Barbican is named after the Barbican Performing Arts Center in London, a brutalist style building built in 1982.

Warshawsky is influenced by the Wabisabi simplicity of the pottery made in Mashiko, Japan, where Warshawsky trained as a ceramicist, and the artwork and culture of Morocco, where she traces her heritage. Warshawsky's ceramics celebrate both the surfaces of the natural world and marks left by her hand. This vessel is not watertight and should only be used with dried florals.