Normal is boring. A traditional vase, half of it rebuilt in pixels.

The starting point is a classic Portuguese vase, the kind of shape everyone recognises. We scanned its silhouette and took it into Blender, where a Geometry Nodes setup replaces one half of the form with a grid of cubes. The pixel side follows the original curve, but in steps: the closer you look, the more the smooth profile turns into blocks.

The two halves meet along a clean vertical seam, so the piece reads as one object with two resolutions. Turn it around and it goes from a vase you have seen a hundred times to something that looks like it was rendered rather than made.

From the 3D model we printed a master, made a plaster mould from it, and slip cast the vase in porcelain. The casting keeps every step of the pixel side sharp. A glaze finishes the surface and ties the two halves together.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
3D modelling in Blender, Geometry Nodes, 3D printing, plaster mould making, slip casting, glazing

MATERIAL DETAILS
porcelain, 1240º, glazed

CATEGORY
product design, digital fabrication

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