2009 - 2011

Objets mélancoliques N° 1 - 9

I wanted to cast a form to capture the bittersweet feeling of melancholy

In everyday life, we are surrounded by perfect objects that barely show traces of the process of manufacturing or craftsmanship. In this project, I tried to combine attributes of industrial design and craftsmanship. The result: a series of containers whose form is taken from the Platonic forms. For the cast, Tombak was used, an alloy of bronze and brass. This allows color and surface to vary dramatically, lending the objects their archaic appearance and their unmistakable character. 

Production: Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen
Photo: Marcel Koch, Zürich

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