dāsavāla
A ten-week project in the fall of 2023
Inspired by my mother and grandmother’s love for hibiscus flowers, I made an incense holder for my mother.
Materials: bronze, brass, copper, thermal red oak
Processes: casting, turning, milling, polishing, woodworking
Handmade patterns for each petal
Petal with clay follow block
Removing flash from casted petal
All five petals pre-finishing
Prototyping turning the holder's legs
Iterations from finalizing order of operations
Turning first leg
Me as I was removing the first leg!
A few iterations of the legs
Turning the piece that is to hold the petals
Finished piece
Incense holder prior finishing
