Visiting Tom: A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace

Marked by incredible handcrafting, this tall pitcher is embellished with countless molten beads carefully placed by a highly skilled artisan. The look is streamlined, timeless, organic and soulful.

By interpreting plant forms in cast metal, Aram presents work which is evocative of a natural environment transformed and redefined. Says the designer, This collection was really born out of the sense I have of haute couture. There is a velvety luxury – an almost gothic quality – to representing orchids in blackened nickel. To me, the pieces feel seductive and graceful, yet dark and unexpected.

Nylon Collection

Mini Pocket Crossbody

L 7.5" W 4.5" H 7.75"

Teal

The Galileo thermometer consists of a sealed glass tube that is filled with liquid and several floating bubbles. The bubbles are glass spheres filled with a colored liquid mixture.

Attached to each bubble is a little metal tag that indicates a temperature. These metal tags are calibrated counterweights.

The bubbles are calibrated by adding a certain amount of fluid to them so that they have the exact same density. So, after the weighted tags are ...