Rulers: (created for the Tools for Everyday life “rulers” project)
There are potential narratives about scale, the decorative role of brass, agreed units of measure and what is lost by and gained from the processing of natural materials, that could be projected on to these almost useless objects. They are a series of 12 inch (304.8) mm sticks and one Yard (914.4mm) stick with cast brass 1:50 scale models finding somewhere to stand or sit.