Roses, Roses, Roses! What is it about roses that people think a perfectly dull and boring white chunk of pottery will turn into a stunning vase by daubing a few smudged roses on the side? They’ve not even well executed, it looks like someone wearing an excess of lipstick has kissed it to make the roses, with green paint on their fingers leaving each leaf where they held the vase.

The roses in this case aren’t even that attractive in themselves, but regardless it’s just a pot for holding flowers. The whole point of a vase is that it’s designed to show off the most beautiful natural reproductive organs of plants (which when you come to think of it isn’t the most attractive proposition in the world anyway, but hey! In general we kinda like flowers!)

So the pot that is meant to show off the blooms should be understated to enhance the natural beauty so why on earth would you then go cover it with smudgy grungy dabs of paint?

This vase is a perfectly functional utilitarian object trying to shout “Look at me, I’m attractive!” Trouble is, it’s just another ugly vase.