AP Souvenir is a limited-edition design object by Adelaide-based designer and craftsperson Andrew Carvolth — a cast aluminium and wax candle that grounds Australian vernacular making in material specificity and gestural craft.
About This Object
Cast by hand on Kaurna country in Adelaide, AP Souvenir sits at the intersection of traditional craft and experimental making. The work pairs recycled aluminium with a wax candle, each component bearing the mark of the hand that made it. Carvolth's characteristic gestural quality is legible in both materials: the aluminium retains the texture of its casting, the wax the intimacy of its forming. Produced in an edition of nine, this is a considered object for those who understand the difference between design as production and design as practice.
Key Features
- Designer: Andrew Carvolth
- Materials: Recycled aluminium and wax candle
- Dimensions: 110mm x 110mm x 220mm
- Edition of 9, made by hand on Kaurna country, Adelaide
What You'll Discover
- How gestural mark-making translates across dissimilar materials — cast metal and formed wax — within a single coherent object
- A considered engagement with Australian vernacular design, rooted in place and the specifics of Kaurna country
- The tension between traditional furniture-making and craft techniques and experimental making processes that defines Carvolth's practice
- What it means to work within the discipline of a limited edition — nine objects, each bearing the irreducible evidence of the hand
About the Designer
Andrew Carvolth (b. 1993) is a designer and craftsperson based in Adelaide. His practice merges traditional materials and furniture-making techniques with experimental processes to explore Australian vernacular design. He works by hand on Kaurna country.
Specifications
- Format: Design object
- Pages: N/A
- Dimensions: 110mm x 110mm x 220mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: [Details available upon request]
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Collectors of limited-edition design objects, practitioners interested in Australian craft and vernacular design, and anyone drawn to work where material process is inseparable from meaning. Please note: this item is available for click-and-collect and in-store purchase only — shipping is not available.