Pewter Stool (M88)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Max Lamb
Title
Pewter Stool
Made in
Cornwall
Date
2006
Description
Triangular pewter seat with three legs.
Materials and techniques
Material: Pewter (92% tin, 6% antimony, 2% copper)
Source: Carn Metals, Pendeem, Cornwall TR19 7TF
Tools: Kitchen knife, round steel rod, ruler, spirit level, gas camping stove, 2 x steel saucepans
Technique: 'Sand casting' using the natural sand found on Porthluny Beach in Cornwall. Molten pewter poured into a sand mould sculptured directly into the beach by hand, and once cooled the sand was dug away to reveal a pewter stool.
Source: Carn Metals, Pendeem, Cornwall TR19 7TF
Tools: Kitchen knife, round steel rod, ruler, spirit level, gas camping stove, 2 x steel saucepans
Technique: 'Sand casting' using the natural sand found on Porthluny Beach in Cornwall. Molten pewter poured into a sand mould sculptured directly into the beach by hand, and once cooled the sand was dug away to reveal a pewter stool.
Dimensions
width: 42cm
depth: 38cm
height: 40cm
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Object number
M88
Category
Maker's statement
My 'Pewter Stool' was the first project I made as part of a collection of furniture called 'Exercises in Seating' completed during the final year of my MA at the Royal College of Art in 2006. 'Exercises in Seating' was a turning point in my approach to industrial design and formed the foundation of my practice as a designer, maker and craftsman. My 'Exercises in Seating' is an ongoing project - possibly forever - in which the emphasis is more on my research and engagement with a process than the product of the exercise itself. I don't claim to make the perfect sand-cast pewter stool, my work is more about offering an example, or making a suggestion. My approach to designing and making objects is very much process driven, intuitive, perhaps even unorthodox, but not in an intentional or contrived way. I work within my means, using materials and processes that are accssible to me or making them accessible by manipulating the process, turning a usually rigid, highly controlled and standardised process into one that is almost out-of-control.