Danish design studio Flensted Mouritzen has created a running mould machine that makes sculptural plaster objects with mottled surfaces.
Called Revolve, their series of plaster objects are made using a running mould process where a metal profile is run through wet plaster to form a continuous form with smooth ridges.
This artisanal technique is typically used to make plaster cornicing found in classical architecture.
Flensted Mouritzen adapted the traditional running mould process used to make plaster cornicing"This project is rooted in our interest in old stucco materials and moulding techniques," said Troels Flensted and Ragna Mouritzen, who together founded the studio.
"The resulting objects are ambiguous pieces that exist somewhere in between function and sculpture." Wax dyed with coloured pigments was built up in layers with plaster and hide glueAdapting the heritage technique, the studio builds up layers of plaster, hide glue and wax dyed with different colours of pigment.
When the plaster is about to set, the volume is run through a specially-created turning machine on a rotating wheel.
A vertical wooden board fitted with a sharp metal profile is mounted perpendicular to the wheel shaping the layers of plaster as the wheel rotates.
A wooden board fitted with a metal profile is fixed perpendicular to the rotating wheelThe studio uses a different shaped profile for each sculpture. The result is a series of totem-like sculptures with perfe...