Circuit board – Copper & Core
In the makingNow: On the wheel
Made by Martijn
Price to follow
Save to PinterestA processor in relief, with copper traces fanning out from it, carved into the clay by hand.
- Dishwasher safe
- Dimensions: 9.5 cm high · Ø 8 cm · 275 ml
Specifications
- Made by
- Martijn
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Diameter
- 8 cm
- Capacity
- 275 ml
Care
Dishwasher safe.
Every piece is made and glazed by hand; small differences in colour and shape are part of it. Wash with a soft sponge and avoid abrasive cleaners. Don't take the piece from very cold to very hot in one go.
The story of this piece
On the wheel (current step)
24 October
Bisque fired (not yet)
Glazed, in the kiln (not yet)
Available (not yet)
Clay has a mind of its own: whether this piece survives the kiln and how the glaze turns out, we only know once it's finished.
About this piece
This mug started with a photo. I looked closely at the circuit board of a Raspberry Pi 5 and saw how the copper traces fan out from the processor: tight, logical and yet almost organic. I first sketched those lines on paper and then transferred them to clay.
The mug is thrown on the wheel. When the clay was leather-hard, I cut the processors from a slab of clay and set them on the wall, so they stand out in relief. Then I carved the copper traces around them by hand, including the tiny solder points where the traces end. No template, no stamp: every line is drawn by hand, so no two mugs are the same.
The result is a mug you don't just see, but also feel. With your thumb you follow the path of the current.
This mug forms a pair with Circuit board – Solder side, the underside of the same board.
From the Circuit board series
Turn a circuit board over and you see a different world. Two mugs, inspired by the top and bottom of a Raspberry Pi 5.
Read more about this series
Every circuit board has two sides. On top sits the processor, with copper traces fanning out from it. Turn it over and you see hundreds of tiny components in tight rows and test points, like a city seen from the air.
For this series I photographed a Raspberry Pi 5 up close, on both sides. I sketched the lines on paper and then transferred them to clay. Every mug is thrown on the wheel. At the leather-hard stage I cut the components from clay and set them on the wall, then carved the copper traces and solder points around them by hand. I use no template and no stamp, so no two mugs are the same.
These are mugs to hold: you feel the relief of the board under your fingers and follow the path of the current with your thumb.
