Eleven thousand hammer strikes: a copper basin made by hand
In a Santa Fe workshop, one artisan measures output in weeks and finishes in decades.
By Lena Park, Design Editor · · 5 min read
The disc arrives flat and eighteen inches across. It leaves as a basin with a rim thin enough to read light through, raised entirely by hand over three weeks of controlled strikes.
Copper work antimicrobial claims are frequently overstated in marketing, so we asked only about what the maker measures: wall thickness, weight, and how the surface behaves after a year of daily water.
Sources
- Workshop visit and maker interview
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About the author
Design Editor
Lena writes about fixtures, finishes and the people who make them. She trained as an industrial designer and reviews products against published test methods.
