British Council Collection
BLACK METZZO CAFE TABLE 1999
Andrew Hewitt (1966 – )
Details
- Dimension
- DIAMETER 60 CM
- Media
- CEMENT AND GLASS COMPOSITE
- Accession number
- P7166
Summary
I make furniture, smaller functional objects and architectural installations. My work is concerned with the reuse and recycling of post-consumer materials and their transformation into elegant, functional craft objects. I am particularly interested in working with cement-based composites. Metzzo is a new material I have developed through research over a number of years which combines cement with waste bottle glass. The story of developing Metzzo began as an attempt to find a new language of constructing with glass and the material is now used successfully in tables, seating, lighting and tiling.
Reclaimed Recycling in contemporary British Crafts and Design, The British Council, London 1999
Glossary
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Contemporary
Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.
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Craft
The creation of handmade objects intended to be both useful and decorative.