Swiss designer Céline Arnould has cast a series of ceramic vessels from the hair of her friends and family, as a contemporary take on the locks that Victorians used to keep as tokens of love or loss.
Arnould ? who trained as a hairdresser and still cuts the hair of those closest to her ? has been collecting the strands for almost a year to use as the basis for the 13 different bowls.
Each is dedicated to, and named after, one of these people and uses their hair mixed with offcuts from hairdressers that would otherwise go to waste.

"The hair is representative of a person, so it is important to me to know where it comes from and that it is processed with much effort and care," she told Dezeen.
"Hair raises a lot of questions when used in an object. How is the identity of an object constructed" What if a human becomes a source of material" Due to this strong connection between humans and their hair, the objects trigger a lot of emotions." For the Liaison collection, Arnould let the natural properties and textures of the material guide the objects' ultimate form.

Draping the hair over inflatable, ring-shaped moulds gives it back its natural volume, for a result reminiscent of the tightly wound bun of a ballerina.
"For curls and braids, I just dip them into the porcelain mass and place them on to the mould to dry," explained the designer.
"If I want to have an object with straight hair, I arrange it on the form first and then pain...