RAW - Large barrel
A barrel in thick raw sheet metal in two sizes, the shape of which has been cut with a gas cutter, where the flame of the gas cutter does not match the dimensions of the sheet metal. In the cutting process, the edge of the metal melts and creates a soft, melted surface. Consciously choosing an incorrect setting for the flame of the gas cutter becomes a way of talking about how "defects" and "mistakes" can be something that adds character and personality. The sheet metal is then pressed into a subtle curvature in an eccentric press
The purpose behind the RAW project is to find new, exciting and unusual objects to make from metal and to use the many years of expertise in metalworking that we possess. Creative processes and the influence of the hand meet industrial production. We have worked with metal in various manufacturing processes such as casting, turning, and polishing in eco brass, gas cutting, bending and welding in raw steel sheet. The processes leave traces in the material that are usually removed during post-processing, but which are left here and become beautiful details that are instead highlighted. Simple archetypal geometries with stringent curvature allow materiality and process to take over and create character in the objects.
Design
Monica Förster