Industrial designer Charlotte Kingsnorth has created a set of furniture with distinctly patterned surfaces, produced by applying chemicals and pigments to heated bronze.
The collection of tables, mirrors and decorative items is on display at the Mayfair showroom of The New Craftsmen, in a London Craft Week exhibition co-curated by Kingsnorth.

The designer uses a "pioneering new technique" to produce the pieces, which involves applying a selection of corrosive chemicals that you might find in a regular science lab and coloured pigments to bronze to create a "rich and expressive" surface.
Kingsnorth worked closely with a patina specialist to build layers of the chemical compounds by hand.
When the metal is heated and the liquid applied, the chemical reaction causes small decorative patinas to appear on its surface. Kingsnorth modelled the patterns on the organic growth of the lichen that blooms near her studio in southeast London.
"My goal was to work with patina in a way I hadn't seen before ? to play with colour, textures, and create depth on the metal surface," explained Kingsnorth.
"Inspired by the lichen that was growing on a railing near my studio, I embarked on a series of studies exploring its different forms, from leaf-like branches to a cracked powder-like look."

The designer sees a clear relationship between lichen and the process of patination.
"Lichen are formed from a fungus and an algae which are living in a symbi...