black vase with white weld


'weld vases' by UK-based designer phil cuttance take a bit of a departure from the typical
machine-made mass replicated plastic vessels. here, cuttance has individually hand-crafted each
of his vases through hot air welding, a process that is commonly used to repair broken plastic parts,
joining thin plastic shapes together to create strong, distinctive edges. the plastic from the vases
are made from discarded off-cut pieces of ABS plastic from a local london plastic fabricator,
and each vase is individually numbered on the base.


white vase with black weld


the vases are available in three tonal combinations:
black with white weld
white with black weld
mixed with both black and white faces and black weld (the mixed vases have randomly selected combinations of black and white faces to use up extra off-cut pieces).

they are also available in three shapes:
tall (37 x 13.5 cm), high waisted (26 x 13 cm) and low waisted (28 x 12 cm)



mixed black and white vases with black weld



'weld vases'



up close



group shot from above


front view



'weld vases'


production of the 'weld vases':


plastic offcuts from a local london fabricator are used to produce the vases



cutting the off-cut plastic on the table saw



the individual faces of the vases cut to the correct template shapes



tacking two faces together before welding



welding faces of the vase together



welding faces of the vase together



set-up for welding two halves



the halves being welded together



two halves being welded together



three individual parts of one of the vases




planing the edges



aligning the top of a vase



welding the top to the base



welding the top edge



scribing vase number on base



welding on the base



a completed 'weld vase'