Unique Recycled Brass Incense Burner By Newblue

Unique Recycled Brass Incense Burner by NewblueDimensions: D 11 x W 16 x H 6 cmMaterials: Reclaimed Brass sheets.Reminiscing the movement of materials, skills, smoke, and time in the bell metal craft workshops of Odisha, this object explores grounding rituals of the future in the home. Made of recycled brass sheets, hand-beaten into form by the artisans of the Bell-metal craft community of Balakati (Odisha), India. New∙blue is a design and craft innovation company reinventing traditional Indian craft practices by recycling industrial waste to co-create contemporary collectibles.​​​​​​​New∙blue is the second technological intervention in Jaipur Blue Pottery since the 1860s. Rooted in Indian craft’s legacy of making with local material abundance, we are connecting the largest craft concentration in the world to some of the largest landfill sites, creating value for ecology and economy alike.Based and born in Jaipur (India), we’re a team of material scientists, artisans, and designers reimagining the future of Indian craft by collaborating with industrial waste streams from sanitary ware and the steel industries. We aim to combine our expertise in craft research, product design, and material science to refocus climate action through traditional technologies.Newblue was founded by designer Disharee Mathur, a Jaipur-native, during her masters in Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College, London. It is a result of conversations between 4 institutions across two countries- the Material Research Center at the Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) and Neerja Blue Pottery in Jaipur, brought together with IDE at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College, London. It takes a participatory approach to rethinking craft from the particle level of the material to the mass of form and function; that is relevant, receptive, and innovates as an act of preservation.