Argi

Adding rather than subtracting. Considering sculpture as a transformation of the material with a minimum of waste. Recombining the forms without distorting them - as one would do for a renovation, respecting the spirit of the place. Creating contrasts, unexpected encounters, revealing twists, sublimating borders, and bringing out a new harmony.

Born from two interlocking shapes, Argi bat, bi, and iru are a set of three sculptural side tables resulting from this process.
A tribute to the ancients, honored by the argizaiola (thin candle wrapped around a wooden support used in religious rites in the Basque Country), the reminiscent shapes of an argizaiola candle echo the pure geometry and the work of Brazilian sculptor Sergio Camargo.

Materials

Set of 3 pieces in solid beech wood with a matte varnish finish

Dimensions

Argibat ø 28 x 34,5 cm

Argibi ø 23 x 40 cm

Argiru ø 26 x 11,5 cm

Substantiation collection

Because the purpose of design, beyond function, is a creative process that engages the intrinsic substance of the materials used, Maentler Studio seeks to evoke the designer’s responsibility in discerning and preserving what is essential. To magnify an object — is it to reduce it to its essence? Or to infuse it with something of the spirit of those who conceived it?

Le claustra Archivoltes, créé en collaboration avec l'artiste Koralie Carmen Flores, symbolise le passage d'un état à l'autre, d'un espace à l'autre, en faisant allusion au vocabulaire graphique de l'artiste et à l'architecture des cathédrales.
The Archivoltes screen, created in collaboration with artist Koralie Carmen Flores, symbolizes the passage from one state to another, from one space to another, alluding both to the artist’s graphic vocabulary and to the architecture of cathedrals.
The Argi side tables trio approaches sculpture as a transformation through addition rather than subtraction of material.

Édition

Limited series of 8 pieces + 1 prototype

Design developed for éditions du coté a

with Xavier Favaro and Menuiserie Entsia.

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