Seven days, seven thousand stainless fish
In the installation, the fish ‘swim’ across the entire length of the venue, ending in a bait-ball spiral formation, overhead in the bar area
Following a commission from an international design consultancy, Precision Micro produced a shoal of stainless steel fish for a restaurant in the Seychelles.
The unusual request came to Chempix, the decorative division of Precision Micro, from English design team, Dominic and Frances Bromley (a.k.a. Scabetti).
The duo have a thing about fish, as their most recent design, Shoal, confirms. Their designs combine, to great effect, organic forms, tactile surfaces, the creative use of light and reflections and high quality English made materials.
This all came together in a unique commission, developed with leading international Architect and Designer Albert Angel, for Konoba, an exciting new bar/restaurant in the Seychelles.
Photo etching was the preferred manufacturing route as it is accurate, fast, flexible, economical and produced parts with no surface imperfections or tooling marks.
The fish were all identical, manufactured using the same, single piece of photo tooling. Chempix was able to meet the client's stringent timescale, etching 250 sheets in less than a week, producing 7000 fish and delivering them by hand to Scabetti's Staffordshire base.
"In a single quick process, Chempix was able to produce burr-free, stress-free fish with the fine detail we required and without significant up-front tooling charges," said Frances Bromley. "Chempix took our design, digitized it and supplied finished samples in hours and completed the whole order in days, enabling us to meet our tight deadline."
In the installation, the fish ‘swim’ across the entire length of the venue, ending in a bait-ball spiral formation, overhead in the bar area. Installed at the end of May 2010 this sculptural work has a dramatic impact on this exciting new Mahe venue.
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