pvc handblowing project #1

“What will be happen if an old manufacturing process meets cheap and mass-produced material? ”
This project came about as a result of my curiosity with the above question.

Plastic pipes, basically used for distributing water, are easily available at local DIY stores. By applying air pressure into a closed pipe, which was slowly warmed by a heater to make it soft, my flower vase was born. As with glass blowing, many factors such as the shape of the mold, air-pressure and the speed of heating the pipe's surface, affect the shape of an object.

Even though it's mass produced and cheap material, I believe that the hand-making process gives the pipe a new value
by transforming it into a well-made object.

IWAMOTO KODAI

2013 Graduated from Kobe Design University, Faculty of Product Design
2016 Graduated from Lausanne State Art School, Master in Product Design, Switzerland

While working as a product designer designing furniture and household goods, he creates sculptural works based on the theme of the excessive pursuit of convenience and production efficiency in manufacturing, and the question of the overproduction society that cannot be stopped even today when there are concerns about the environmental impact. He is also a member of the “Soul of the World” group.