Bronze Singing Stone

Playfully hinting at popular outdoor rock-shaped speakers, this bronze cast music box domesticates the shape of a stone found in the mountains near Mexico City.

A listening- stone-for-interiors that explores connections between sound and sculpture. An object through which to rehearse the sculptural convention of listening to the material. When sculpting in stone, it is common practice to press ones ear against the material while lightly tapping it. The sounds and vibrations can reveal properties in the medium that are hidden from sight; hollows, interior fractures, hardness, and so on. There is instant feedback from listening to stones when sculpting them; a true conversation with the material. In the tradition of bronze sculpture, there has been a pursuit of perfect casting techniques in order to achieve better sonic resonance. Bronze casting was used to make some of the first metal instruments like bells, cymbals, and horns among others

Panorammma is a furniture design atelier based in Mexico City that seeks to redefine our relationship with functional objects through experimentation with materials and form.