Collapsible, plastic, reusable vases are supposed to solve that problem. They look like flat plastic cut-outs and are about the thickness of a sheet of construction paper.

Clay, porcelain, glass. If you’re shopping for a new vase, these are the materials you’re most likely to see. But one designer is making a series of vases out of a material we usually stuff ...

For the glass-is-half-full optimists at Trash for Teaching, an empty plastic water bottle doesn’t have to be tossed into the blue recycling bin. Instead, it can be turned into a vase -- and a ...

To create your vase, begin with two plastic soda bottles (YouTuber Kuti Bari uses the 20 oz bottles). Remove the labels, and ...

Gestaltkunstwerke, a new collection of Artware Editions vases by Markus Linnenbrink, above, a German artist known for his glossy epoxy resin paintings and sculptures, grew out of Mr. Linnenbrink ...