OBJ-01 IS AN UNDERSTANDABLE SIMPLE GESTURE, AN OBJECT THAT NEEDS NO EXPLANATION. AT A GLANCE, IT REVEALS ITS MATERIAL, ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS, ITS FUNCTION AND ITS USE.
A PLATE OF RAW METAL, THAT CAN BE STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL OR BRASS, CUT BY LASER AND ASSEMBLED BY HAND WITH A RUBBER HAMMER AND NO WELDING JOINERY. ITS SIZE RESPONDS TO THE MODULATION AND FORMAT OF THE MATERIAL IN ITS COMMERCIAL STANDARDS.
PURE GEOMETRIC FIGURES BUILD THE LIGHTING FIXTURE; A RECTANGLE, A CIRCLE AND A CYLINDER AT THE BACK WHICH CONTAINS THE LED LIGHT SPOT. THE CIRCLE, WHEN CUT OUT, ADOPTS THE FUNCTION OF A SCREEN AND CAN ROTATE 360 DEGREES TO DIRECT THE LIGHT AT WILL.
year: 2020
Edition: open
Dimensions: 22L X 7W X 38H CM / 39L X 3W X 15H IN
MATERIAL:
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.
