Thomas’s toaster project explores the concept of what a toaster looks like when you build it from scratch and how we take everyday items for granted without thinking about how they are made and where the raw materials come from. http://www.thomasthwaites.com
This is a toaster in its rawest form- Dualit or Porsche it ain’t but it’s pretty cool for a custom built electrical toasting device-
The mechanism for lifting the toast is made from wrought iron, smelted by Thomas, the mica element, wires and casing are also made from scratch with raw materials
The project has been exhibiting at the Science Museum and now wanted by a number of museum’s around the world and we are making the metalwork the one for Turkey in conjunction with Windsor Workshop who are making the toaster casing…