THIS SERIES EXPLORES THE REFLECTIVE PROPERTY OF COPPER, WHICH, WHEN POLISHED, GENERATES A MIRROR SURFACE. WITH THE PURPOSE OF BEING SCULPTURAL PIECES, THEY OCCUPY THE SPACE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE TAKEN BY A PAINTING ON A WALL. IT CONSISTS OF THE SAME OBJECT DUPLICATED IN SYMMETRY, ONE CONCAVE AND THE OTHER CONVEX, DESIGNED TO BE DISPLAYED TOGETHER AS A SINGLE WORK.
COPPER, TEMPERED BY FIRE, ABANDONS ITS TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM TO OCCUPY A THREEDIMENSIONAL SPACE THROUGH HUMAN MANIPULATION. IN ITS FINISH, THE MARKS OF THE MATERIAL’S PRODUCTION PROCESS ARE EVIDENT, WITHOUT PATINAS OR POLISH.
year: 2024
Edition: limited
Dimensions: 220L X 115W X 15H CM / 79L X 46W X 6H IN
DIMENSIONS:
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.
