FOEKJE FLEUR I BOTTLE VASE #4 mint
The outside of the stained porcelain is biscuit which gives a mat finish similar to plastic. The inside of the bottle is glazed to make it waterproof and suitable as a vase or container. The bottle is signed at the bottom. It measures 22,5x9x5 cm.
This series is hand made by Middle Kingdom Porcelain in Jingdezhen. All this handwork is done by a team of seven craftsmen, therefore none of the bottles are exactly the same. Overall the surface is smooth but small defaults do occur and should be considered as a quality of the product.
Bottle vases are inspired by a collection of plastic trash from the river Maas in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After reading about plastic soup, Foekje Fleur started looking more carefully at the river running through her home town and found plastic waste that had been accumulating there since the 1960s. By creating durable porcelain copies of the material she finds, Foekje Fleur is spreading awareness of this growing problem.