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Statement piece

Footed Bowl

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The largest object in the collection, and the slowest to make.

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Material
Solid brass
Dimensions
300 mm diameter × 130 mm
Weight
4.6 kg
Finish
Raw cast exterior, hand-spun interior
Lead time
4–6 weeks

How it is made

Toyama, Japan

Three hundred millimetres across and four and a half kilograms. The one object here that changes a room rather than a desk.

The exterior keeps its cast surface. The interior is hand-spun on a lathe, which takes most of a day and leaves a fine concentric grain you can feel but not quite see.

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River sand fine enough to hold an edge is packed around a pattern, then the flask is split and the pattern withdrawn.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

Bowl and foot are cast separately, brazed, then hand-spun to finish.

Four hundred years of copper and brass casting, begun when seven founders were invited to settle the castle town in 1609.