Incollect Magazine - Issue 10

76 www.incollect.com Rapin designs in series around specific materials, with approximately ten items per material. There are ten designs using turquoise (tables, low cabinets, large cabinets, mirrors), ten with amber, and a growing range in pyrite, a small and perfectly cubic natural stone that comes from mines in the north of Spain. He has been working with it for 15 years now and finds that it lends itself perfectly to the preferred geometry of his forms. The turquoise furniture is his best-seller, but is becoming increasingly difficult to produce given that, after COVID, turquoise was classified as a natural treasure in China so only a limited amount can be exported. Alga Mirror in algae, seashells and seahorses patinated brass frame. Designed by KAM TIN. Signed, France, 2021. Available through Maison Rapin on Incollect.com Coffee Table made with onyx sultano. Unique piece. Signed “Maison Rapin & Margraf”. France, 2023. Available through Maison Rapin on Incollect.com