Anthropologie's Blocked planters were so popular that they sold out. Not to be discouraged by a lack of access, Kate of Design*Sponge set out to make them herself. Much like the Jonathan Adler inspired vases, all it takes are re-imagined scrap materials and a little time, to make these planter doppelgängers.
The original Blocked Planter from Anthropologie (shown above) features beautiful glazed ceramic dotted with rectangular blocks that give it a little quirk and texture. Kate simply rooted around her house and craft store for shapes and materials that she thought could take on an interesting texture and easily pass as glazed ceramic once painted. She used cut balsa wood, trimmed down wine corks, and glass beads which were epoxied and painted on plain planters for three very different textures.
• More photos and instructions: Design*Sponge
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(Images: 1. Kate Pruitt/Design*Sponge; 2. Anthropologie)
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A lot of the original's beauty comes from the quality of the materials used, the way the glaze naturally separates around the hard geometric edges. Painted wine corks just can't reproduce the glassy depth of the glaze and its contrast to the dull clay beneath. Painted wine corks just look like painted wine corks.
The linked Jonathon Adler-style vases look much more successful.
Hum, I don't think this works at all. The glazes are unattractive and the one with corks looks like it has a bunch of painted corks on it.
Sorry, but this looks some grade school kid's art (not a bad thing, as long as a grade school kid did it, and we know that's not the case here).
I like the one with the glass beads. I wonder if she could add some shine with spray sealer?