TEMPERED BY FIRE, COPPER ABANDONS ITS TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM TO OCCUPY A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE THROUGH HUMAN MANIPULATION. ITS FINISH REFLECTS THE MATERIAL’S JOURNEY, WITHOUT PATINAS OR POLISH.
THE TABLE, WITH CONCENTRIC HAMMERING, CREATES A SUPPORT SURFACE THAT, WHEN DUPLICATED ON ITS UNDERSIDE, SHAPES THE BASE. THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO SHEETS, IN AN AESTHETIC AND DELIBERATE ACT, REVEALS THE TWO SIDES AS DISTINCT, DETACHED, SYMMETRICAL, AND IDENTICAL.
year: 2024
Edition: open
Dimensions: 110 X 110 X 38 CM 43 × 43 × 15 IN 43 X 43 X 15 IN
MATERIAL & FINISH:
ALL PIECES ARE HANDCRAFTED BETWEEN SANTA CLARA DEL COBRE, MICHOACÁN, AND MEXICO CITY. WORKING PRIMARILY WITH METAL—ESPECIALLY COPPER, ALONGSIDE BRASS, STAINLESS STEEL, AND ALUMINUM—THE PROCESS IS ROOTED IN TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES AND CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH MASTER ARTISANS.
COPPER PIECES ARE HAND-HAMMERED THROUGH A HIGHLY ARTISANAL PROCESS IN WHICH THE MATERIAL IS HEATED IN FIRE TO BECOME MALLEABLE AND THEN SHAPED THROUGH REPETITIVE, PRECISE GESTURES. THE FINAL STAGE TAKES PLACE IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE EACH PIECE IS CAREFULLY REFINED AND FINISHED.
DEFINED BY COMPLEX FORMS AND CHALLENGING SCALES, THE WORK REQUIRES TIME, PRECISION, AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATERIAL. EACH PIECE IS MADE SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY, EMBRACING THE CHARACTER AND NATURAL VARIATIONS OF THE PROCESS.
