Haze doesn’t declare itself. The warm terracotta body is smooth and unadorned — no ribbing, no carving, no inlay. What changes it is a dry brush loaded with white, swept horizontally across the surface in broad, unhurried bands. The white lands heavily in places and barely at all in others — leaving the terracotta reading through in warm orange-red streaks between the paler zones. The result is a surface that reads differently in every light: warm in morning sun, cooler and more diffuse in shade, almost luminous in the hour before dusk.

The form is more upright than most Argil pieces — the Large at 38cm across and 32cm tall has a cylindrical confidence that the wider, lower bowls of Cord designs and Bail designs don’t share. Two cut-out handles at the rim, each wrapped firmly in jute cord, provide the only textural contrast to the smooth painted body — the same honest natural material detail that runs through the Argil range.

Each Haze is individually dry-brushed. The distribution of white across the body — heavier in some zones, lighter in others — varies piece to piece. No two are identical. This is the nature of the technique.

Raw Terracotta · Dry-Brushed White · Jute-Wrapped Cut-Out Handles · Indoor / Covered Outdoor
L: 38cm dia × 32cm H · M: 30cm dia × 24cm H · S: 24cm dia × 18cm H

Care & Placement
Indoor and covered outdoor only. Raw terracotta is porous — avoid direct rain and standing water. The dry-brushed white is a surface application; avoid scrubbing or applying water freely to the body as this may lift or soften the white over time. Clean with a dry cloth only. The jute handle wrapping is decorative — do not lift a planted Haze by the handles; always lift from the base. Refresh jute before each monsoon season. Single base drainage hole. Use a saucer indoors.

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Beena’s Curating Tips

Haze is the most forgiving piece in the Argil Collection — the warm terracotta and diffused white accept almost any green foliage without conflict. If a customer is uncertain about plant choice, Haze is the recommendation because it makes everything look considered.

The horizontal white bands and the upright form give Haze a quiet architectural presence that the wider, lower Argil bowls don’t share. In a corridor, against a plain wall, or on a covered verandah step, Haze reads as a deliberate design decision rather than a plant holder.

Haze and Bail in the same space — both upright, both smooth, both with jute cut-out handles — create the most cohesive Argil pairing. Bail is the pure clay version; Haze is the same form with the lightest possible surface intervention. Together they tell the complete Argil story of restraint.

The white dry-brush will soften gently over time as the piece ages — the terracotta may deepen slightly and the white may become more integrated with the clay surface. This is not deterioration; it is the piece becoming more itself with time.