2021
Pewter
Cups: 2.5” x 2” x 1” Carafe: 2.5” x 2” x 3”

This pewter sake set is a modern twist on traditional Japanese vessels. The carafe and cups are intended to be used by two people to share and bond over a drink. The sharing of food or drink between people is a traditional point of connection and through this set I hope to help create many valuable moments. While making this set, I explored the hybridization of the older material pewter and the newer process of die forming. I repeatedly pressed one die into a flat sheet of metal. The die was one square with one connected triangle. By repeatedly pressing into the same sheet of metal and using one half of the die to register into the previous pressing, I was able to consistently and accurately create a repeating pattern. I used this repetition to create a flat net which I folded and soldered into 3D shapes. To my knowledge, this is a new technique.