Scale
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I am a set of tools for measuring things: millimetres, inches and angles, with a place to rest your pencil while you work.
I’m made in stone, brass and glass, and intentionally given a little more weight than I strictly need, so I stay on your desk instead of disappearing into a drawer.
When the work is done, I reassemble. It’s a tangram with a day job.
Use me to measure something, or just leave me be, all pretty little bits.
Creator’s Notes
We took a few ordinary desk tools, a ruler, a protractor and a pencil holder, and tried to compose them within a square.
Each piece is cut by waterjet, then assembled and fitted by hand, with the markings inlaid in pigment rather than printed on. Stone, brass and glass each expand, resist and finish differently. Getting them to fit together with no gaps and no wobble was a true test of precision and craft.
The pieces are miniature in form but deliberately heavy. Kota stone and Jaisalmer sandstone are architectural materials, usually laid as floors and walls. Here they are cut down small enough to pick up and use every day.
Materials
Kota stone, yellow Jaisalmer sandstone, brass, glass
Total pieces
5
Instructions for use
Right-angle guide: Use the centre of my inner arc to check or draw a true right angle. I have centimetres on one edge, inches on the other, and a centre dot for finding midpoints.
Protractor: Align my flat edge with your baseline. My markings go up to 90° in 10° steps.
Fence ruler: Rest my raised arm against your page or desk to keep me steady while you draw. I have centimetres on one edge and inches on the other.
Glass ruler: I have centimetres on one edge and inches on the other. I also leave a little yellow glow on your page.
Pencil holder: I hold a pencil upright and within reach, with centimetres on one edge and inches on the other.
My markings are meant for everyday measuring, not precision work.
Every piece is made by hand in our Surat studio and dispatched within 4 weeks. Free shipping across India.
We take as much care in packing our objects as we do in making them. Each piece is packed with hard felt and secured inside a sturdy GI box, inspired by traditional Angadiya boxes, keeping everything safely in place on its way to you.
Prices include all taxes. We currently deliver within India only.
Questions: shop@outoftheshed.in
Kota stone, yellow Jaisalmer sandstone, brass, glass
Right-angle guide: Use the centre of my inner arc to check or draw a true right angle. I have centimetres on one edge, inches on the other, and a centre dot for finding midpoints.
Protractor: Align my flat edge with your baseline. My markings go up to 90° in 10° steps.
Fence ruler: Rest my raised arm against your page or desk to keep me steady while you draw. I have centimetres on one edge and inches on the other.
Glass ruler: I have centimetres on one edge and inches on the other. I also leave a little yellow glow on your page.
Pencil holder: I hold a pencil upright and within reach, with centimetres on one edge and inches on the other.
My markings are meant for everyday measuring, not precision work.
We took a few ordinary desk tools, a ruler, a protractor and a pencil holder, and tried to compose them within a square.
Each piece is cut by waterjet, then assembled and fitted by hand, with the markings inlaid in pigment rather than printed on. Stone, brass and glass each expand, resist and finish differently. Getting them to fit together with no gaps and no wobble was a true test of precision and craft.
The pieces are miniature in form but deliberately heavy. Kota stone and Jaisalmer sandstone are architectural materials, usually laid as floors and walls. Here they are cut down small enough to pick up and use every day.
