The collection
Catch-All Tray
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A shallow cast tray for the things that accumulate by a door.
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- Material
- Solid brass
- Dimensions
- 210 × 140 × 18 mm
- Weight
- 1.4 kg
- Finish
- Raw cast surface, unlacquered
- Lead time
- 4–6 weeks
How it is made
Northern India
Keys, a watch, whatever is in a pocket at the end of a day. The tray exists so those things have somewhere to be that is not a countertop.
It is cast rather than pressed, so the walls are thick and the tray does not move when something is dropped into it. The rim is the only part that is worked after casting — turned true by hand so it sits flat.
River sand fine enough to hold an edge is packed around a pattern, then the flask is split and the pattern withdrawn.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.
Sand-cast flat, then the rim is trued by hand on a lathe.
A four-century brass-casting tradition, recognised with a Geographical Indication for the fine river sand its moulds are packed from.
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.