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The Do-Rey Unit

Material: Silicon Rubber

Size:

Unit 1: L10.1 x W5.6 x H0.2cm

Unit 2: L29.5 x W28.5 x H0.2cm

Unit 3: L49.1 x W45.4 x H0.2cm

Brooksbank & Collins’ Do-Rey is an exercise exploring growth and self-similarity, inspired by the work of Benoit B. Mandelbrot 1924 – 2010, a Polish-born mathematician. Within the overall shape of Do-Rey there lies a repetitive pattern that can be divided down into smaller and smaller sections.

Do-Rey is a universal form found in nature and is also a form used for human’s most advanced technology. The hexagonal pattern is used for the mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope: a Space Observatory due to launch in 2018 which will expand our knowledge and understanding of the universe.

Do-Rey is a universe within itself, it can grow in a regular pattern or it can grow chaotically dependent on conditions.

Do-Rey can be used practically as tableware; coaster, placemat, centerpiece and combinations of units can be used to fill the plane of a tabletop.

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Me-Far Tribus Vessels

Material: Aluminium; Anodised Finish, Gold Colour

Size: L52 x W49.1 x H16cm (all 8 vessels nesting)

An ancient text which observed the Kimonos worn by the Japanese Samurai captures the spirit of Brooksbank & Collins’ Me-Far Vessels;

“His kimono was restrained in colour – according to the solemnity of his office – but in fine and abundant silk in accordance with his rank and wealth. As he knelt on the tatami mat, the stiff fabric of his sleeves and shoulder garments fell in geometric layers at his sides. The lines enveloping him were poised, considered and restrained, giving a formality and ceremony to his form like a dragon fly resting on a leaf, or a piece of origami.”

The Me-Far series is an analysis of geometry and the sequential numbering of polygons, each set of vessels is one result of that analysis. A great variety of forms emerge from the analysis but there are geometrical limitations leading to a finite series of Me-Far Vessels.

Each set of the vessels can be nested together into a single decorative piece. Alternatively they can be playfully combined in a variety of different ways, each of which creates different geometrical patterns and reflections. Made from Precious and semi-precious metals, Sterling Silver, Gold and Rhodium, Copper and Bronze, the series of Me-Far Vessels uses the most exquisite materials to highlight their forms and the materials surfaces reflect each other in bewildering complexity.

Stockist: FBC London

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Me-Far Quinque Vessels

Material: Aluminium, Anodised Finish, Gold Colour

Size: L43 x W43 x H14.4cm (all 3 vessels nesting)

An ancient text which observed the Kimonos worn by the Japanese Samurai captures the spirit of Brooksbank & Collins’ Me-Far Vessels;

“His kimono was restrained in colour – according to the solemnity of his office – but in fine and abundant silk in accordance with his rank and wealth. As he knelt on the tatami mat, the stiff fabric of his sleeves and shoulder garments fell in geometric layers at his sides. The lines enveloping him were poised, considered and restrained, giving a formality and ceremony to his form like a dragon fly resting on a leaf, or a piece of origami.”

The Me-Far series is an analysis of geometry and the sequential numbering of polygons, each set of vessels is one result of that analysis. A great variety of forms emerge from the analysis but there are geometrical limitations leading to a finite series of Me-Far Vessels.

Each set of the vessels can be nested together into a single decorative piece. Alternatively they can be playfully combined in a variety of different ways, each of which creates different geometrical patterns and reflections. Made from Precious and semi-precious metals, Sterling Silver, Gold and Rhodium, Copper and Bronze, the series of Me-Far Vessels uses the most exquisite materials to highlight their forms and the materials surfaces reflect each other in bewildering complexity.

Stockist: FBC London

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Me-Far Tribus Vessels

Material: Aluminium; Anodised Finish, Warm Rust Colour

Size: L52 x W49.1 x H16cm (all 8 vessels nesting)

An ancient text which observed the Kimonos worn by the Japanese Samurai captures the spirit of Brooksbank & Collins’ Me-Far Vessels;

“His kimono was restrained in colour – according to the solemnity of his office – but in fine and abundant silk in accordance with his rank and wealth. As he knelt on the tatami mat, the stiff fabric of his sleeves and shoulder garments fell in geometric layers at his sides. The lines enveloping him were poised, considered and restrained, giving a formality and ceremony to his form like a dragon fly resting on a leaf, or a piece of origami.”

The Me-Far series is an analysis of geometry and the sequential numbering of polygons, each set of vessels is one result of that analysis. A great variety of forms emerge from the analysis but there are geometrical limitations leading to a finite series of Me-Far Vessels.

Each set of the vessels can be nested together into a single decorative piece. Alternatively they can be playfully combined in a variety of different ways, each of which creates different geometrical patterns and reflections. Made from Precious and semi-precious metals, Sterling Silver, Gold and Rhodium, Copper and Bronze, the series of Me-Far Vessels uses the most exquisite materials to highlight their forms and the materials surfaces reflect each other in bewildering complexity.

Stockist: FBC London

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Me-Far Quinque Vessels

Material: Aluminium, Anodised Finish, Warm Rust Colour

Size: L43 x W43 x H14.4cm (all 3 vessels nesting)

An ancient text which observed the Kimonos worn by the Japanese Samurai captures the spirit of Brooksbank & Collins’ Me-Far Vessels;

“His kimono was restrained in colour – according to the solemnity of his office – but in fine and abundant silk in accordance with his rank and wealth. As he knelt on the tatami mat, the stiff fabric of his sleeves and shoulder garments fell in geometric layers at his sides. The lines enveloping him were poised, considered and restrained, giving a formality and ceremony to his form like a dragon fly resting on a leaf, or a piece of origami.”

The Me-Far series is an analysis of geometry and the sequential numbering of polygons, each set of vessels is one result of that analysis. A great variety of forms emerge from the analysis but there are geometrical limitations leading to a finite series of Me-Far Vessels.

Each set of the vessels can be nested together into a single decorative piece. Alternatively they can be playfully combined in a variety of different ways, each of which creates different geometrical patterns and reflections. Made from Precious and semi-precious metals, Sterling Silver, Gold and Rhodium, Copper and Bronze, the series of Me-Far Vessels uses the most exquisite materials to highlight their forms and the materials surfaces reflect each other in bewildering complexity.

Stockist: FBC London

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Me-Far Tribus Vessels

Material: Aluminium; Anodised Finish, Clear Colour

Size: L52 x W49.1 x H16cm (all 8 vessels nesting)

An ancient text which observed the Kimonos worn by the Japanese Samurai captures the spirit of Brooksbank & Collins’ Me-Far Vessels;

“His kimono was restrained in colour – according to the solemnity of his office – but in fine and abundant silk in accordance with his rank and wealth. As he knelt on the tatami mat, the stiff fabric of his sleeves and shoulder garments fell in geometric layers at his sides. The lines enveloping him were poised, considered and restrained, giving a formality and ceremony to his form like a dragon fly resting on a leaf, or a piece of origami.”

The Me-Far series is an analysis of geometry and the sequential numbering of polygons, each set of vessels is one result of that analysis. A great variety of forms emerge from the analysis but there are geometrical limitations leading to a finite series of Me-Far Vessels.

Each set of the vessels can be nested together into a single decorative piece. Alternatively they can be playfully combined in a variety of different ways, each of which creates different geometrical patterns and reflections. Made from Precious and semi-precious metals, Sterling Silver, Gold and Rhodium, Copper and Bronze, the series of Me-Far Vessels uses the most exquisite materials to highlight their forms and the materials surfaces reflect each other in bewildering complexity.

Stockist: FBC London

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Me-Far Quinque Vessels

Material: Aluminium, Anodised Finish, Clear Colour

Size: L43 x W43 x H14.4cm (all 3 vessels nesting)

An ancient text which observed the Kimonos worn by the Japanese Samurai captures the spirit of Brooksbank & Collins’ Me-Far Vessels;

“His kimono was restrained in colour – according to the solemnity of his office – but in fine and abundant silk in accordance with his rank and wealth. As he knelt on the tatami mat, the stiff fabric of his sleeves and shoulder garments fell in geometric layers at his sides. The lines enveloping him were poised, considered and restrained, giving a formality and ceremony to his form like a dragon fly resting on a leaf, or a piece of origami.”

The Me-Far series is an analysis of geometry and the sequential numbering of polygons, each set of vessels is one result of that analysis. A great variety of forms emerge from the analysis but there are geometrical limitations leading to a finite series of Me-Far Vessels.

Each set of the vessels can be nested together into a single decorative piece. Alternatively they can be playfully combined in a variety of different ways, each of which creates different geometrical patterns and reflections. Made from Precious and semi-precious metals, Sterling Silver, Gold and Rhodium, Copper and Bronze, the series of Me-Far Vessels uses the most exquisite materials to highlight their forms and the materials surfaces reflect each other in bewildering complexity.

Stockist: FBC London

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Caulis 180 Vase

Edition of 50

Material: Arabascato Marble

Size: L44.7 x W5 x H22.3cm

Brooksbank & Collins’ Caulis vases are named from the Latin Caulis, translated as “Stem”. Held at an oblique angle, the flower and stem extends from the vase like the stroke of a calligrapher’s pen.

Tom Brooksbank comments: “When I was a child, my mother read me The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1900 -1944. Allan and I thought of the book’s miniature planet whilst designing Caulis – the planet with the single flower growing on it. When you put a Chrysanthemum in the Caulis, the marble striations resemble the landscape of the planet with a single outsize flower – it’s a very playful piece.”

The following plan is employed to create the Caulis vases; a regular polygon is drawn, it is then cut in half and then in half again. The system works for all even numbered polygon. The products of the plan are vases that do the minimum required to support their function, the material is left to be the main actor.

For all sales & press enquiries please contact Gallery FUMI

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Caulis 90 Vase

Edition of 50

Material: Arabascato Marble

Size: L22.3 x W5 x H22.3cm

Brooksbank & Collins’ Caulis vases are named from the Latin Caulis, translated as “Stem”. Held at an oblique angle, the flower and stem extends from the vase like the stroke of a calligrapher’s pen.

Tom Brooksbank comments: “When I was a child, my mother read me The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1900 -1944. Allan and I thought of the book’s miniature planet whilst designing Caulis – the planet with the single flower growing on it. When you put a Chrysanthemum in the Caulis, the marble striations resemble the landscape of the planet with a single outsize flower – it’s a very playful piece.”

The following plan is employed to create the Caulis vases; a regular polygon is drawn, it is then cut in half and then in half again. The system works for all even numbered polygon. The products of the plan are vases that do the minimum required to support their function, the material is left to be the main actor.

For all sales & press enquiries please contact Gallery FUMI

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Neptis Vase

Edition: Limited to 150 of each colour

Material: Cast from Jesmonite, Green, Satin Finish

Size: L18.5 x W5 x H18.5cm

Brooksbank & Collins’ Neptis vases are named from the Latin Neptis translated as “granddaughter”. Neptis is the direct descendent of the family of Caulis Vases and demonstrates Tom and Allan’s continual research and development of families of objects.

“We want to offer the audience a point of view, or rather a grammar, to understand and compare the different structures. Through photography, we try to arrange these shapes and render them comparable. To do so, the objects must be isolated from their context and freed from all association.” Bernd Becher (1931 – 2007) & Hilla Becher (1934 – 2015), German Conceptual Artists.

Inspired by the artists and photographers associated with the New Objective movement which began in Germany in the 1920’s, the family of Neptis Vases are grouped together as general types. Hereditary characteristics are passed on from each parent within the Neptis family, each new offspring adds one extra facet to its face, growing proportionally larger. Each Vase is a perfect Polygon and each facet of that polygon is a perfect square; by using this plan the Vases are thus objective and can be compared as per scientific specimens.

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall

The Neptis Vase

Edition: Limited to 150 of each colour

Material: Cast from Jesmonite, Black, Satin Finish

Size: L18.5 x W5 x H18.5cm

Brooksbank & Collins’ Neptis vases are named from the Latin Neptis translated as “granddaughter”. Neptis is the direct descendent of the family of Caulis Vases and demonstrates Tom and Allan’s continual research and development of families of objects.

“We want to offer the audience a point of view, or rather a grammar, to understand and compare the different structures. Through photography, we try to arrange these shapes and render them comparable. To do so, the objects must be isolated from their context and freed from all association.” Bernd Becher (1931 – 2007) & Hilla Becher (1934 – 2015), German Conceptual Artists.

Inspired by the artists and photographers associated with the New Objective movement which began in Germany in the 1920’s, the family of Neptis Vases are grouped together as general types. Hereditary characteristics are passed on from each parent within the Neptis family, each new offspring adds one extra facet to its face, growing proportionally larger. Each Vase is a perfect Polygon and each facet of that polygon is a perfect square; by using this plan the Vases are thus objective and can be compared as per scientific specimens.

Photographs by Stephen Lenthall