pia wüstenberg: blue + red stacking vessels

‘red and blue stacking vessels’ by pia wüstenberg

influenced by archaic vessel shapes, finnish-german designer pia wüstenberg continues her exploration of stacked forms with ‘blue and red stacking vessels’. each object is composed of three parts which are made using different craft processes: wood turning, ceramic throwing and glass blowing to form the functional sculptures. the individual components are positioned into one another, the wood being burned to fit into the hot glass profile, to create a single piece. the work is an extension of the designer’s previous ‘stacking vessel soldiers‘.

wüstenberg presents her ‘blue and red stacking vessels’ at venutra lambrate during milan design week 2012 (april 17th – 22nd, 2012).

overview of the vessel typologies

‘blue stacking vessel’ shown as a single sculptural object and as individual parts

individual stacking components

three different ‘blue stacking vessel’ forms

‘red stacking vessel’ shown as a single sculptural object and as individual parts

each object is made up of three individual parts each made using different craft techniques: wood turning, ceramic throwing and glass blowing

different ‘red stacking vessel’ designs

production process of attaching the glass and ceramic components together

wood turned tops

burning the wood to fit into the hot glass profile