Babaghuri copper tools , crafted in a small village at the foot of an active volcano in central Java.
‘As you approach this village, you can hear sounds reminiscent of various percussion instruments being played. Most of the villagers earn their living by practising copper smithing whilst also working in agriculture.’ — From the book ‘Looking for Babaghuri’
A washing bowl and a wine cooler. Both can be enjoyed by using them as flower vases or planter covers, for example.
The hammer marks left on the surface are not merely decorative; they are a record of the very process by which the tools were created. The copper plate used as the raw material is hammered from a single flat plate, gradually being shaped into a three-dimensional form.
Copper gradually changes colour the more it is used. The undulations of the hammer marks develop a rich character unique to copper as they age alongside their owner.
Available at Babaghuri Kiyosumi store Jurgen Lehl + Babaghuri Aoyama store
