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Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase
Plunkett Fold Copper Vase

Plunkett Fold Copper Vase

Metal Vase (ID: A104869)
Designed by David M Bowman and Reed C Bowman
$280–$740
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The artists' fold-formed copper vases present organic shapes with intricate detail in the natural colors of heated and verdigrised copper. The vases make a statement on their own or in groups, as well as supporting and providing a foil to your flower arrangements.

Fold-forming is the act of folding, hammering, heating, and unfolding metal to create organic-looking shapes that arise from the natural properties of the metal under stress. The folds on these vases are known as Plunkett Folds - a tapered pleat in the metal whose crease is hammered thin until it bows outward in a gentle curve, and pulls the rest of the vase around it into flowing waves. The deep crevice thus created is then accented with a verdigris patina. The rest of the color on the vase is the natural effect of heat on copper during the process of forming the vase.

The sides of the vase are cut to shape for each individual piece (they are each unique due to the way the copper waves and deforms in the fold-forming process), and brazed in place, then textured with flowed beads of bronze. Every vase is leveled carefully and tested for water-tightness.

The natural colors, wabi-sabi aesthetic, and unrepeatable form of each piece, make these vases a treasured part of any home.
  • Watertight
  • Signed by the artist
  • Materials: Bronze, Copper
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David M Bowman and Reed C Bowman

David M Bowman and Reed C Bowman

David M Bowman Studio
"Our sense of form and composition comes from close and long study of natural forms, architecture from all periods, the compositions of the masters of painting, and the work of other contemporary and ancient craftspeople. "

David M. Bowman Studio consists of two people: David Mills Bowman and his son, Reed Christopher Bowman. David and Reed craft most pieces together. They construct all pieces by hand, with hand tools and simple machines. No part of the production is ever hired out, nor does the studio take in work to produce or patina parts for other artists' designs. Wall pieces are one of a kind.

All of their work is produced from brass sheet and rod, formed into shape, and brazed together using an oxyacetylene welding torch. David and Reed mix patina chemicals from scratch and apply them by hand.

David began working in metal in 1971, near the time Reed was born; he first made silver jewelry, and later moved on to brass belt buckles, then to larger pieces in patinated brass. Over the years, David has worked alone or with different assistants, but he has worked exclusively with Reed since the mid-1990s.