Hushed Vase

The Hushed Vase is part of a sound-made Portuguese ceramic collection. The process begins with recording an amazing voice in a spaciously beautiful monastery in Alcobaca, Portugal. A computer program first maps the coordinates for the base of the design and then allows the sound of the voice to create the shape that builds from there. Once completed, the digital design is 3D printed into a mold that's used to create slip-molded ceramic vases. The white finish is a tribute to the monastery's Cistercian aesthetic, which prohibited all colored and patterned stained glass.