Description
Achinós is the sea urchin of the Ionian coast below our mountains, and the first shape we tried when we began forging for the table instead of the door. A single bar of iron is brought to orange heat, bent into a ring and closed, then struck rib by rib around its circumference until the surface reads like a shell. The cup at the centre is sunk last, by hand, so each one is a little different in depth and in the way the light pools.
It holds a standard tealight flush with the rim, or an 80 mm ball candle sitting in the cup like a moon on a crown. Unlit, it is a small sculpture; lit, the ribs throw a wheel of shadow across the table.
The finish is the iron’s own: scale, hammer marks and a protective wax. It will darken and polish where it is handled, which is what iron does.
In detail
- Material: solid iron, hand-forged, waxed natural finish
- Made in our forge in Neraida, Epirus, Greece
- Approx. Ø 12 × H 5 cm · cup Ø 42 mm · weight approx. 1.2 kg
- Fits: tealight Ø 38–40 mm · ball candle up to Ø 80 mm
- Delivered in a laser-engraved birch box with a signed workshop card
- Hammer marks vary from piece to piece; no two are identical
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