Remade in Portugal entry by AMA Design

There's an old saying that used to be very popular with young couples putting together their tableware wedding lists. "Take ten, because twelve is too many and eight is too few". This isn't to say that couples were commonly expected to dine with four others on a regular basis, but rather that they would need enough place settings for the whole family with some extras in case of breakages. Is there anything more irritating than a dinner service rendered useless because too many plates have been broken and you now don't have enough settings? However, worry no more as AMA Design have an interesting idea about what to do with the odds and ends you have left over. For their entry for the Remade in Portugal competition in 2009, the used odd plates and cups to make really unique vases. This idea actually wouldn't be too difficult to put into practice, as long as you used a really small fine saw to take out the china bottoms (hel-LO bizarre fetishists landing here from Google!). Superglue could then be used under a thick glaze to make it watertight.