TWO IDENTICAL AND SYMMETRICAL PIECES, POLISHED ON BOTH FACES, MAKE UP THE FLOOR MIRROR. HAMMERING NOT ONLY AIMS TO GIVE TEXTURE TO THE PIECE BUT ALSO TO DEFORM IT TO CREATE VOLUME AND STRUCTURE, ALLOWING IT TO STAND ON ITS OWN. IT IS A MONOLITHIC OBJECT THATOCCUPIES THE SPACE NORMALLY TAKEN BY A SCULPTURE.
THE PIECE IS APPROACHED AS ANHONEST TESTIMONY TO ITS OWN MANUFACTURING, A FORMAL EXERCISE WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL PRETENSIONS.
year: 2026
Edition: limited
Dimensions: 85L X 30W X 205H CM / 33.5L X 12W X 80.5H IN
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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.
