About Forma
Objects for the ritual.
The ritual is a pause — a small ceremony in the middle of an ordinary day. We make the objects that hold it.
Forma is a small studio in Vancouver, BC, printing considered storage for the smoking ritual — to order, in small batches, finished by hand.
Why Forma
This category never got the care it deserved.
Walk into most shops and the gear for this ritual is an afterthought — neon plastic, novelty graphics, things designed to be stashed in a drawer the moment you get home.
We thought the ritual deserved better tools. So we started making them: objects with the restraint of good tableware — weight you can feel, surfaces you want to touch, nothing that shouts. Not paraphernalia. Belongings.
If it’s part of your day, it should be made like it matters.
Open carry
Made to be kept in the open.
A Forma object doesn’t ask to be hidden. The surface is matte and soft to the touch, the weight sits easy in the hand, and the lid lands with a quiet, certain click. Nothing rattles.
It has the restraint to sit on a shelf, in a bag, or on the table — and earn its place there.
The making
Printed when you want it. Finished by hand.
Made to order · allow 1–3 weeks
Every object begins as a coil of matte PLA — a plant-derived bioplastic — and is printed to order in our own studio, in small batches. No warehouses, no overruns. We make what’s wanted, when it’s wanted.
Then the slow part: each piece is cleaned, sealed and checked by hand before it ships. Look closely and you’ll find the print seam. We leave it there — it’s the signature of a thing that was made, not moulded.
What we believe
Quiet over loud.
Fewer, better objects.
Honest about material.
Made when wanted, not before.
The name? Forma is Latin for shape — because form follows the way you actually carry things.
Honest about it
Sealed against smell.
The lid closes on a compressed food-safe silicone O-ring over solid printed walls. We test it the way it will actually be used — the most fragrant contents we can find, left inside, checked at close range. Nothing gets out.
What it doesn't love is heat: no dishwasher, no hot cars. And when the seal eventually wears, it's a standard size you can replace.
For retailers
Stock Forma first.
We’re opening our first wholesale accounts — a small, considered range for design-led shops and dispensaries, with no dead stock: everything is printed to order.
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- Opening order
- from $200
- First order
- 10% off
- Shipping
- Free — Canada & US
- Lead time
- 1–3 weeks, made to order