Name: Tinned Copper Silo Bookends
Brand: Kenny Yong-soo Son
Price: 1800.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

Kenny Yong-soo Son

Tinned Copper Silo Bookends

$1,800.00 AUD

A set of tinned copper bookends, inspired by the post-war silos. Designed to function as both a bookend and a vase for dried flowers, the object can be used in either configuration, flipped to reveal an open or closed top. Please note, this work is not watertight.

Part of BOOKENDS (2026), an exhibition curated and presented by Pépite Gallery.

Shipping Note: This work will be shipped once the exhibition concludes after November 23rd.

Dimensions (H x W x D)

190mm x 130mm x 130mm (Left)
170mm x 100mm x 100mm (Right)

Materials

Tinned-copper

Origin

NSW, Australia

Specifications

One-of-a-kind
Handmade

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The artist is inspired by shapes and forms that already exist in lives or the surroundings, and it is about giving purpose to these already existing shapes. The design aesthetics of Kenny Yong-soo Son's work relates to the idea of reduction and simplicity, with an emphasis on modern and traditional hand-craftsmanship.

The inspiration for these works stemmed from a fascination of post-war public structures (water towers, silos and so on). These grand structures stand there, often for years and years, built to last and withstand whatever comes their way. A bookend also defends and withholds the weight forced upon it. Silos are known for containing and holding many different things; in this particular instance, a flower to look over your books..

To create these bookends, four equally cut copper pipes are soldered together to form quads. The artist deliberately created two variant sizes for the pair. These structures are hand-tinned to mimic the grey tone of the concrete silos whilst providing a barrier to the copper surface to protect any patination going onto the books.

Kenny Yong-Soo Son, from Studiokyss is an object maker based in Sydney, Australia.

With background in metal craft and object design, the fundamental focus behind Son’s practice is to create work that resemblance a sense of longevity and hand-craftsmanship. The design aesthetics of Son’s work relate to the idea of reduction and simplicity with emphasis on modern and traditional craftsmanship in the physical work process.

Son is interested in producing work that has the ability to interact with the user and its surroundings, allowing a trigger of emotions of the user when in harmony with the object. Son firmly believes, for contemporary crafts and craftsmanship to excel, is reliant on current and future makers to translate their outputs in a habitual and ingenuous manner towards the public. Work that is perhaps ordinary, rather a work that is conceived to be extraordinary.

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