Circle Packed Worry Stones / HRINGPOKI

Hringpoki Stone [01.2019]

CIRCLE PACKED FIDGET TOY - a hringpoki object

▵ cast copper / cast brass ▼ Version Nº1

Our version of the traditional worry stone - just the thing to keep in your jacket pocket or within arm's reach on your desk when you need a little reassurance (and to naturally clean your hands of microbes).

The unique design was inspired by the volcanic stone in Iceland. As lava hardens into stone and the various gas bubbles trapped inside create bubble shaped voids. These trapped bubbles of gas are called vesicles.

We created an approximation of those bubble patterns using our hringpoki technique - placing an optimum amount of differently sized circles into a limited space to create a pattern that is mesmerizing to both see and touch.

HRINGPOKI: hringur = circle/ring; poki = bag/pack

We hope you pick up your hringpoki stone often. Hringpoki stones are made with copper or copper alloyed metals because they are NATURALLY ANTI-MICROBIAL - * see below.

Our copper, brass, and bronze stones are made using lost wax metal casting and then hand polished.

Our steel+ stones are made additively - a process in which layered steel powder infused with bronze is heated in an industrial autoclave. This method gives each stone a unique stepping pattern that looks almost like the whorls of a fingerprint.

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