The collection
Paperweight
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The object this brand began with. Cast heavy, left unpolished.
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- Material
- Solid brass
- Dimensions
- 78 × 78 × 34 mm
- Weight
- 1.1 kg
- Finish
- Raw cast surface, unlacquered
- Lead time
- 4–6 weeks
How it is made
Northern India
ALUXAN began with a question: what if a brand offered just one object? This was that object. It is still the one everything else is measured against.
It is cast in solid section, which is slow and wasteful and the reason it weighs what it does. The marks the sand leaves are not sanded away. They are the only proof you have that a person poured it.
River sand fine enough to hold an edge is packed around a pattern, then the flask is split and the pattern withdrawn.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 in solid section. Casting marks and surface pitting are left untouched.
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.
Bottle Opener
Cast in one piece, with enough mass to stay where it is put.