Incollect Magazine - Issue 10

70 www.incollect.com The Abstract #1 dining table has a base composed of two sinuous abstract sculptures on flared plinth bases, hand-brazed in patinated bronze. The table came with a glass top, as shown here. It was also made in a coffee table version. Aphrodite is a hand-brazed and patinated bronze table with an inset cast female sculpture created in the 1970s. Kelvin commented: “Aphrodite is the Greek version of the Roman goddess Venus, who symbolizes beauty, love, and pleasure, visualized by placing the sculptured figure so it embraces a portion of the table.” The cast figure of Aphrodite was inspired by Dawn, a marble sculpture by Michelangelo on the tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici in the Medici Chapel, Florence. Rainforest is a 1970s sculpture with cast, patinated bronze sides, and highlights of green patina. The top is finished in a polished, dappled torched-bronze effect. The design was inspired by the layer of leaves, twigs, and other organic matter typically found on a rainforest floor.