Wood has one register. Warm, matte, quiet. It flatters most metals, but not all of them. Titanium in a deep anodized blue, damascus with steel running through it in waves, mokume gane, copper freshly polished — these have their own color, their own light, and wood doesn’t know what to do with that. It just sits there being wood. Some lights need a surface that can hold a conversation back. That’s what Cast is for.
Every piece begins as a pour, mixed by hand and set by hand. The color inside, the fracture lines, the metallic bloom sitting under the surface — none of it gets added afterward. It’s built into the resin while it’s still liquid, before it has a shape or a name. That means no two pours come out the same, and the person making it doesn’t know exactly what he has until it’s cured. Once it sets, the piece goes through hand sanding in stages, three separate coats of finish, and a final hand polish before it’s ready to hold anything. None of this is fast. None of it is supposed to be.
The tray keeps the same geometry as the Wood version. Deep enough to hold a light securely. Open enough that the head clears the rim, so you can tell one torch from another without lifting it out. That part already worked. Only the material underneath changed.
Five finishes exist so far, each one its own way of letting color and light sit on a cured surface: Crackle, Cobalt, Verdigris, Pyrite, Obsidian. Wood already does warmth. This one does everything else.
Made and finished by hand, then sent by tracked post. Orders leave the bench within 7 business days. From dispatch, allow 7 to 10 days to the United States, 10 to 15 to Europe, and less within Asia.
Shipping is charged by the number of pieces: one $10, two $15, three $21, four $28, five $32. Six or more ships free. Five or more brings the price to $40 a piece.