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Atelier Nera
Matter — the working paletteTen materials · sourced within 700 km

Matter

We use few materials and use them structurally. This is the whole palette, and where each one comes from.

Black when honed, grey when flamed, and almost blue after a wash. We use it where water will sit: thresholds, counters, the bottom of a stair.

Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh — 690 kmThe Quarry Pavilion · Vessel Series
Stepped stone descent cut into a quarry face

A material should be doing something.

[ plate 104 — the descent ]
1 940 tonnes, all within 9 km