Wave Sculpture

₹2,900

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

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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.