At the hand of Oscar Diaz, trashed plastic bottles were chopped up, coated with metal, and turned up into a beautiful cutlery set. Dubbed Found, this Spanish designer creation is made by plating the plastic first in copper and then in tin.
The spoon, fork, and knife, have all been made from parts of existing bottles found at the local supermarket. Since there is so many shapes already available, with each brand fighting to be seen on the shelves, Oscar’s approach has been to work more as an editor rather that a designer, and just select the bottles for their shapes to make the cutlery set. The parts were selected so the cutlery is easy to pick up from the table and performs like any other cutlery.
The design process starts on the supermarket were the bottles are selected by their curves. The use of those available shapes, allows a small batch production without the need any mould. Each set is unique due to the hand-cut nature of each piece. Using a process normally employed to produce intricate metal instruments, the plastic cuttings are coated with copper and then tin plated for a metallic finish.
