Wave Sculpture — Water, paused. Meant to sit where the room already breathes.

Sculpture

Wave Sculpture

₹2,900

Plant-based PLA · 22 hours on the bed · ships free within India

A solid tabletop sculpture of a breaking wave in plant-based PLA, printed to order over about 22 hours with the layer lines left visible as tide marks.

Material
Plant-based PLA · Stone-fill
Print time
22 hours on the bed
Finish
Soft tide lines, left visible
Finish options
Matte, sanded by hand · Raw layer lines left visible
Tones
Sand · Ink
Made
Printed to order, never warehoused
Ships from
India — free above ₹1,500

₹2,900 By email · 22 hours on the bed

How it is made

About 22 hours on the bed, then by hand

Nothing exists until you reserve it. The Wave Sculpture then goes through the same seven steps as every piece the studio makes — the same spool, the same bed, the same bench — before it is wrapped and sent from India.

  1. A spool of sage-green plant-based filament on the studio bench

    01 Plant-based PLA

    Spool opened for Wave Sculpture.

  2. A print nozzle laying the first spiral layers of a vase

    02 First layer down

    First layer down on Wave Sculpture.

  3. A half-finished vase standing on the print bed, layer lines catching the lamp

    03 48 hours on the bed

    Wave Sculpture holds the bed for about 22 hours.

  4. A finished vase resting beside sanding paper and a brush, dust in the lamplight

    04 Sanded by hand

    Wave Sculpture sanded by hand.

  5. A vase nested in tissue paper inside an open kraft box

    05 Wrapped in tissue

    Wave Sculpture wrapped in tissue.

  6. A closed kraft parcel tied with twine and closed with a wax seal

    06 Sealed and signed

    Wave Sculpture sealed and signed.

  7. A stack of kraft parcels waiting by the studio doorway in morning light

    07 Out the studio door

    Wave Sculpture left the studio.

About this piece

The Wave Sculpture is the one piece in the catalog where the printing process and the subject agree with each other. A wave is made of lines of water arriving one after another; a print is made of lines of material arriving one after another. We leave the layers visible because hiding them would be arguing with the form.

It takes about 22 hours, most of it spent on the overhang where the wave folds. That fold is why the piece has a front and a back — it is meant to be turned until the crest catches the light from wherever the room is brightest.

It is solid, so it has some weight to it. It is the sort of object that ends up holding down a stack of paper as often as it ends up being looked at.

Where it sits

  • A coffee table, where it can be picked up
  • A shelf beside books, as a full stop at the end of a row
  • A desk, turned so the crest faces the window

Wave Sculpture questions

Are the layer lines on the Wave Sculpture a defect?

No. They are the record of how the piece was made, and on this form they read as tide lines. We sand where an edge needs to feel finished and leave the faces as they came off the bed.

Is the Wave Sculpture solid or hollow?

Solid enough to have real weight in the hand. That is part of why it takes about 22 hours to print rather than the 14 a flat panel takes.

Something about your own piece, or a question we have not answered? Write to the studio.

The rest of the drop

Six pieces in total. Each one printed after you ask for it.

See the catalog Questions answered