MANU BAÑÓ’S NEW COLLECTION EXPLORES THE LIMITS AND PROPERTIES OF COPPER. IT WAS PRODUCED IN SANTA CLARA DEL COBRE, MICHOACÁN, MEXICO, A MAGICAL TOWN WITH A LONG GOLDSMITH TRADITION, WITH ARTISANS ACCUSTOMED TO MAKING SMALL COPPER OBJECTS SUCH AS POTS OR VESSELS.

THE COLLECTION CONSISTS OF 3 PIECES, A CHAIR, A COFFEE TABLE AND A WALL LAMP, MADE BY HAND HAMMERING A THIN SHEET OF COPPER THAT, WITH THE HAMMERING ACQUIRES STRENGTH AND THREE-DIMENSIONALITY.