The Hubbard Oscillation Bar Tap
By Joshua Kinsey
A custom back bar tap. Entirely fabricated in steel, industrial resin, glass, and mica.
Type: Commercial
Website: https://jwkinsey.com/installations/
About them: Josh W. Kinsey is a meticulous artisan who weaves together the intrinsic nature of manic beavers with the distilled hopes and dreams of orphaned kittens, twisting their variegated manifestations upon his engine lathe. Delicate metallic fantasies that taste sweet upon the tongue are bored and reamed upon his drill press, incised with traceries of angst with razored chisels and planes. Arcane symbols and geometries that are a delight to the nose are illustrated with his compass and pantograph.Repurposed elements are expressly forbidden in Kinsey’s spiffy mechanical concoctions, as is hot glue, upcycling, the word “Steampunk”, shoddy craftsmanship, negative musings, and broccoli. Rather, Kinsey combines ornately whittled exotic woods with foundry cast mechanical elements smooshed into delightful expressions of splendiferous sparkliness.J.W. Kinsey’s pieces are wondrous fabrications celebrating the joys of craftsmanship from bygone imaginings.
Social:
What inspired you or what is the idea that got you started?
The client wanted something unique. I wanted to surpass my previous builds.
What is your project about and how does it work?
A Mesmeric Engine, designed and built to entrance bar patrons.
What did you learn by doing this project?
Oodles.
What impact does your project have on others as well as yourself?
Instills wonder and joy.
