Bowl Compass
Claudia Moreira Salles
- Type Bowl
- Date 2017
- Dimensions Ø 300 x 20 mm
- Weight 1.82 kg
- Material Semi-rijo do Arrimal Limestone, Jacarandá Wood | Semi-rijo do Arrimal Limestone, Ipê-roxo Wood
- Edition Limited (8+3)
Made in Portugal using Portuguese stone and Brazilian wood.
Prototype developed for the First Stone programme, for Assimagra.
100% recyclable.
A stone disc with a decreasing thickness from the edge to the centre is divided by a wooden blade. A bowl. The division of the circle into two recipient spaces serves to separate nuts from their shells or two types of appetizers. The wooden triangle accentuates the slope of the stone. The two materials create a contrast of colour and texture – the Portuguese stone Semi-rijo do Arrimal and the Brazilian Jacarandá wood. The small scale of the piece allows for the use of production leftovers of both materials. The shape is reminiscent of a compass or a simple exercise of geometry where the diameter of a circle is drawn.