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Bronze Age by Philippe-Albert Lefebvre
Canadian designer Philippe-Albert Lefebvre has created a range of fire tools by casting hand-carved branches in bronze and iron.
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Called Bronze Age, the set consists of a poker and shovel sand-cast in bronze, and fire dogs cast in iron.
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Lefebvre completed the project while studying at the ECAL University of Art and Design in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Here's some more from the designer:
Bronze Age is my Masters diploma project at ECAL.
I view luxury as more than objects. It also means having the time off to relax, calm down and forget about our responsibilities.
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Warming up next to the fireplace after a day of ski is probably one of the most resourcing of these moments.
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"Bronze Age" consists of a set of fireplace accessories: a fire poker and a shovel made in bronze and firedogs made in iron.
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Man’s Paleolithic tools dating from the discovery of fire are my source of inspiration for this project.
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I first chose branches that would fit the purpose of the tools. I then roughly removed the bark and soften the surfaces to obtain complex and brutal shapes that appeal to senses.
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These masters were then sand-cast in molten metal. The shape and hand-made process emphasize on the primitive and sensory characteristics of making fire.
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