Ashes

Flowers are symbols of beauty and youth. At the same time, 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 seventeenth-century Flemish painting. Ashes is a series of rubber vases that reinterprets this concept in sculptural everyday objects, acknowledging both beauty and transience of life. Each vase is a unique object and utilises 3D printing and rubber rotation casting, thus combining the latest production techniques with craft.

 
Winner
3rd prize (Product Designs)