Reborn Wooden Vase

Reborn Wooden Vase
by ChungSheng Chen

• Awarded April 15, 2023
• CLIENT: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment
• 5.930

Creating value for the discarded and leftover of wood from furniture industry by using metal inlaying techniques on an organically spherical wood surface. Inspired by life form of growing seeds, brass wire is embedded on the wood grain, and extending out as the shape of the roots grown to support the wooden vase. The pattern has functional uses as wood leftovers are made into a container for planting, resembling a sprouting seed, symbolizing the cycle of life. The flowing metal root shape gives a sense of vitality, resembling a moving organism.