This dark walnut plate is one of a series of 24 created for Fifty Seconds, Martin Berasategui’s restaurant in Lisbon. The plates were turned on a lathe.
Diameter 23 cm
Height 4 cm
Ricardo Jerónimo’s story tells of an industrial designer, a graduate of Lisbon’s Fine Arts Faculty, who followed his passion and discovered his talent for carving, turning and sculpting wood. He remembers, as a child, watching his grandfather making wooden toys and small furniture for his grandchildren. Playing outside in a small forest near his parents’ house also contributed to his connection with this natural material. He started creating small wooden spoons and toys as a hobby, mostly for his son. Then some friends asked him to make some kitchen utensils and slowly his hobby turned into a profession, alongside teaching project design and 3D modelling at the university where he studied.
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This dark walnut plate is one of a series of 24 created for Fifty Seconds, Martin Berasategui’s restaurant in Lisbon. The plates were turned on a lathe.
Diameter 23 cm
Height 4 cm
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Ricardo combined the natural features and deep brown tones of walnut with a hand-carved bi-concave shape to give this piece a perpetual sense of fluidity and movement, like ripples in water.
Length 25 cm
Height 9 cm
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This slender, leaf-shaped spoon hand-carved from loquat wood is one of a series that explores a variety of shapes and responsibly sourced woods.
Length 45 cm
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Two drops of water inspired the shape of this cherry wood bowl. Chiselled marks were left apparent on the interior surface.
Length 30 cm
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Two pieces of wood with their natural contours preserved have been linked by copper rods. This creates a permanent connection but a physical separation between the two.
Length 50 cm