The Bud Vase was designed, prototyped and refined by Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer over the span of months. Each vase is individually free-blown, an exacting art requiring careful attention to detail, a deft hand, and years of training. In its final stages, it undergoes a rigorous, multiphase cold work process, during which a single master glassblower cuts, grinds, and polishes the piece entirely by hand.