Trumpet
Inspired by the trumpet-blowing White Rabbit that Alice follows down the rabbit
hole to Wonderland, Michael Anastassiades’s Trumpet vases are produced the
same way as the bell of this ancient wind instrument. He chose for one of the
most traditional techniques of hand-turned metal, whereby a disk of metal, usually
brass, is formed. Its diameter is then progressively narrowed to the size of a finger,
which allows the piece to be welded to the rest of the object’s body. This process is
used to build most wind instruments. In Anastassiades’s poetic eye, it gives shape
to flower vases whose convex underside curves up into the shaft as an ulterior
connection to the shape of the object by which it was inspired. Available in two
versions, brass and silver-plated brass.
##SPECIFICATION##
Flower vase with wide neck. Turned brass sheet.
