“In my unpopular opinion there is only one good reason for cut flowers, and that’s a good vase. Why else witness the hastened decay of nature from the comfort of your own living room (that’s what windows are for) than to bask in the glory of a beautifully crafted vase.

It's my great pleasure to introduce to your eyeballs a vase of unrivalled ingeniousness. Delivered to us by way of divine robot master, the pied piper of plastic, Jack Hadley. 

For Objectspace nine modular vases. Adjectives betray me – explosively fun, formally brilliant, compulsively tactile (you can choose and then change your own vase segment composition). Memphis-ish, Kartell-ish…yes and yes. But ultimately exquisite for being authentically Jack Hadley-ish.

If you are so lucky to strike quickly and win, then run with great speed towards the first bunch of tulips you can see.” – Kim Paton

Jack Hadley
Modular Vase 1, 2024
Thermoplastic polyester, stainless steel
Edition 1 of 9
$410

We’ve commissioned five unparalleled makers to create their own unique series of Objectspace limited editions for Weekly Objects 2024. All proceeds go to the artist and Objectspace. Win. Win. 

Artist Bio

Jack Hadley is an artist and educator based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. In a wide-ranging practice that spans sculpture, furniture and contemporary jewellery, Hadley layers references to architecture, the decorative arts and children’s toys and pairs industrial materials and manufacturing processes with the traditional techniques of fine jewellery. Hadley holds a BFA (2012) and an MFA (2021) from Elam School of Fine Arts. Recent exhibitions include Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2024, Ballón Assemblé: Don Driver with Jack Hadley, Objectspace, 2024, Polypody, Laree Payne Gallery, 2023, and Arts & Crafts, Gallery Funaki, 2023. Hadley is represented by Laree Payne Gallery.