"Found", by Spanish designer Oscar Diaz is great example of an individual achieving a desirable handmade object by applying a manufacturing process to an existing object. Diaz first selected the plastic bottles that would enable him to make the most functional knife, fork and spoon (using the designed curve of the bottle to make the 'cup' of the spoon), cut his required shapes and then coated these in copper and then in tin.
The stages of the plating process. This manufacturing process would probably be out of reach for most individuals. The skills could be learnt, from school technical studies or workshops, but some of the equipment would be difficult to come by for a normal individual. Is there an opportunity to hand in your used plastic bottles and get a set of cutlery back? (for a price of course).
Diaz has shown the result of a detailed and precise process of experimenting with materials and processes. It is the plating process, in this example, that changes not only the users perception of the plastic bottle, but also its function. I can see that in order to change how individuals view any item, disposable or not, everyday or not, I must apply a process to it, changing its shape, function, appearance, etc.
Anyway, all that talk has made me hungry... Waiter?!
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