Metal vases
This project is inspired by the technique of the swaging machine and combined with the metal spinning lathe. By fusing these two together I created my own technique and made soft and somewhat organically looking vases. The swaging machine is originally used to strengthen sheet metal by making ridges into the material. However, I was intrigued by the way the metal shaped around the ridge in an uncontrollable and uninspected way. Besides this aesthetical factor, I was also wondering what I could do with the negative space created by these ridges. To enlarge this space I came to the idea of using the metal spinning lathe to create hollow shapes. By tilting the "spinned plates” sideways and opening up the negative space with the ridges I made use of the space while keeping the interesting organic shaped details.