Rust Harvest by Kanagawa-based designer is a fascinating experimental materials project that really caught my attention during our visit to Salone Satellite 2018.
Yuma says that the prevention of rust is an age-old problem in manufacturing. “Rust has brought down planes, slowed ships, disabled engines, ruined bridges, spread through reinforced concrete, jammed guns, broken washing machines, and reduced unnumbered bicycles to useless scrap”. Whilst rust is constantly being cast as the devil, a closer look at it reveals beautiful patterns and complex mixtures of colour.
Through trial and error, Yuma developed a technique that allowed him to transfer the rust from metal plates onto acrylic resin.