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Coasters, Set of Four

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Four discs, cast individually, stacked in the hand like coins.

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Material
Solid brass, cork base
Dimensions
95 mm diameter × 8 mm each
Weight
1.5 kg the set
Finish
Raw cast face, cork underside
Lead time
4–6 weeks

How it is made

Northeast Thailand

Sold as four because a set of four is what a table needs, and because four individual pours means four visibly different faces.

Cork on the underside is the one concession to practicality in the whole collection. Brass on a waxed table is a mistake you only make once.

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I The mould

River sand fine enough to hold an edge is packed around a pattern, then the flask is split and the pattern withdrawn.

II The pour

Brass is brought to a little over a thousand degrees and poured in one continuous movement. Hesitation shows in the finished surface.

III The break

The mould is destroyed to release a single casting. Each one is made from sand that has never held this shape before.

IV The hand

Only what must be worked is worked. The cast surface keeps the grain of the sand it was formed against.

This object

Cast individually and faced flat, then a cork disc is set into the underside.

Lost-wax brass casting carried by village workshops on the Mun river, where the craft has passed through families for two hundred years.