Achin\u00f3s 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The finish is the iron\u2019s own: scale, hammer marks and a protective wax. It will darken and polish where it is handled, which is what iron does.<\/p>\n
A ring of solid iron, hammered into ribs that run out from the flame like the shell of a sea urchin. Takes a tealight or a ball candle. Forged by hand in Neraida, Epirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[126],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-28229","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-candle-holders","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n