Corbet
Corbet — 'Kepler Tray', in Bronze
The elliptical flat Kepler Tray features a bowl to house the small things we use every day: rings, keys or trinkets. Inspired by Johannes Kepler's first law of planetary motion from 1605, the tray pays homage to a lifelong love of space and to the impact of science on the world.
The Kepler tray is visually light and streamlined, almost floating, like the planets in their elliptical dance across the sky, that was accurately described by Kepler over 400 years ago.
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Ashley Corbett-Smith is a Sydney based designer working in product, furniture and lighting design. Not limited to a single material, style, theme or process, instead works within a reductionist framework, he strives to create works as simply as possible. Over the past decade he has worked on projects of all sizes from small objects, to furniture, lighting, sculptures and event displays.
From upholstery to wood carving, turning, machining and cabinetry, marquetry, cast and welded metals, blown, cast and slumped glass, stone, ceramics, lighting, resin and possibly more, he is comfortable with uncertainty.
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Materials: cast bronze
Dimensions: approx. 28 x 18 x 3cm
Weight: 1.5kg