DisasterKast

modern cast concrete products for the office & home

modern cast concrete products for the office & home

modern cast concrete products for the office & home

It’s a lovely feeling when someone invests their belief into what you do and decides to throw some money your way! Café 1901 in Jesmond have commission Dissterkast to make 23 table planters and 8 larger planters for the toilet windows all with added colour and gold foil detailing. Cafe 1901 is situated in an […]

Hand cast desk tidy using new Pastelkast™ techniques with a raw edge in pink, green and yellow to add a little sparkle to that tired looking desk. All products come with surface imperfections as this is the method of our practice yet are very strong and durable. See our post on Wabi Sabi for more details.

Hand-cast black oxide concrete bowl with contrasting diagonal details to the exterior, Silver foiling is applied to the interior for an ornamental finish which emits a natural white light during the daytime or when place near a light source. The mould is created using to found mixing bowls or differing sizes. All bowls are with imperfections as […]

When I had the idea to start DisasterKast it was to remain the epitome of resourcefulness, found/reused waste objects made into visually strong interior wares, decor and useful products for the home, office or quite frankly wherever you choose to put them. The logo is simply based on simple brutalist influences (growing up in Sheffield […]

I use a fair few spray cans in my painting based artwork (see: www.iambobzilla.co.uk), so while experimental concrete casting in my formative cement-based early days I used an empty aerosol can as an inner for the mould, not realising you’d need to use a fair bit of release aid (Petroleum Jelly, cooking spray etc) the result […]

More often than not people strive for perfection, while myself I try to enjoy imperfection in its many forms. When working with concrete and its unpredictable nature and the sometimes damaged moulds this is more present than you’d think, from dented bottle moulds to contaminants etc. Disasterkast products replicate their previous lifeform which is more often than not […]

Cast snack container with diagonal pastel colouring and cacti

Tonic water bottle cast pencil holder

New planter/pencil holder casts made from tonic water, orange juice and cordial packaging

Sweet packaging cast planter + cacti with diagonal colour detailing

water bottle cast pencil holder

Coffee cup mould tea light holder

Tonic water cast + succulent