Statement piece
Bookends, Pair
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A matched pair, cast heavy enough to hold a shelf of hardbacks.
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- Material
- Solid brass
- Dimensions
- 140 × 120 × 100 mm each
- Weight
- 3.8 kg the pair
- Finish
- Raw cast surface, unlacquered
- Lead time
- 4–6 weeks
How it is made
Västmanland, Sweden
Bookends fail for one reason, which is that they are lighter than the books. These are not. Close to four kilograms the pair, and no two of them are alike.
Because each is poured separately, no two are identical. They are matched by hand into pairs before they ship, and the pair you receive was assembled by someone looking at both.
River sand fine enough to hold an edge is packed around a pattern, then the flask is split and the pattern withdrawn.
Brass is brought to a little over a thousand degrees and poured in one continuous movement. Hesitation shows in the finished surface.
The mould is destroyed to release a single casting. Each one is made from sand that has never held this shape before.
Only what must be worked is worked. The cast surface keeps the grain of the sand it was formed against.
Cast individually in solid section, then matched by hand into pairs.
A brass works running on the same river since 1607, founded to end a national dependence on imported metal.
The rest of the collection
Keyring
A cast fob heavy enough that you notice when it is missing.
Incense Holder
A single cast channel that holds a stick upright and gathers what falls from it.
Letter Opener
A blade with no edge, which is the point.
Paperweight
The object this brand began with. Cast heavy, left unpolished.