BOUT | Beauties of Uncommon Tools
€ 335,00Price
author
year
2017
dimensions
variable (c. L 18; W 13; H 5cm)
materiality
estremoz pink marble
category
object of use
pieces
each piece is unique
description
Following the tradition kitsch naturalia objects as beautifully presented by Celeste Olalquiaga's The Artificial Kingdom, BOUT is a small series of unstable paperweights stones made after oldowan prehistorical tool (older Paleolithic) models. Each piece is unique and handmade by a marble artisan.
process
Having oldowan tools as a reference, the pink marble pieces are cutted and broken from a bigger stone in the region of Estremoz, Alentejo, in Portugal. Then the shape is slowly rounded and the surface partially polished while the base is left rought and irregular.
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