Flower Pump Vase

Don’t just settle for a heart-shaped paper sentiment–really unsettle the object of your obsession and send a heart-shaped vase. It’s great for corny Valentine’s puns, for sure. Or you can give it to your cardiologist that you’ve been crushing on (I know–he makes your heart go pitter-patter). It’s by Veneri Design and comes to you by way of Design Milk.

Link via Design Milk

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A Beautiful Camel Bladder Vase

Probably the nicest one you will see all day. This one, from Multan, Pakistan, was crafted in the mid-19th century and currently resides in the collections of the Museum of Leathercraft in Northampton, U.K.

Of note, the “camel bladder” term refers not to the shape, but to the material from which it was made.  Animal bladders have traditionally been used for fashioning drinking flasks, enema bags, and other liquid-containing vessels.  A dried, tanned, but unmoulded and unpainted one is depicted here.

Link, via Scribal Terror

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Book Vases

Graduate designer Laura Cahill makes vases and furniture…from books. Cahill, who uses books from secondhand stores, found that old books are very difficult to recycle because of the glue used in the binding process. Instead of letting these old books collect dust or sit in a landfill, she uses a band saw to cut profiles from the tomes and wraps the spines around test tubes to form waterproof vases.

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