Brass is the material at the centre of most of what we build. It cuts, folds, spins, casts and takes a weld well, and — more importantly — it responds to the hand. A brass sheet can be beaten, chased, embossed and chemically aged into a surface that no machine could specify.
It is also the most honest metal in the workshop. Brass changes. A raw surface will tone and darken with handling and time, which some designers want and some do not.
Where a specification calls for the look of brass held permanently at one moment, we lacquer or PVD-coat it. Where the intention is for the metal to live, we say so clearly and finish it accordingly.
