Ashes_Mid

The Ashes_Mid vase is made out of rubber.
A novel materiality type was developed by combining the newest production techniques with handcraft.
The process utilises 3D printing, rubber rotation casting and freehand modelling to produce a flowing, matte surface overlayed with a sparkling pattern of jewel-like dots.

Each vase is freehand shaped, creating new folds every time and making every piece unique.

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Flowers and fruit are symbols of beauty, youth and pleasure. Simultaneously, in their decay, they become reminders of life’s brevity and the inevitability of death.
The expressive power of withering was commonly used to represent the idea of vanitas in art, particularly in Flemish painting.
Ashes is a series of rubber vases which reinterprets this concept for the context of the modern household, acknowledging both the beauty and transience of life.