"Curling centers on an object called a "curling stone." Using its gooseneck handle, competitors slide the round, 44-pound stone down an ice shuffleboard toward a target zone. Westman's "curling bowl," which he debuted on Instagram on February 10, reimagines the object as a snack bowl. The stone's handle has been cleverly converted into the perfect slot for a glass of wine, or whatever beverage suits the moment, while its round base has been repurposed into a vessel for chips, crackers, and popcorn."
"Since 2006, every single stone that's been thrown at the Games has been manufactured at one factory on the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig. That's because the island's microgranite is formed by fast-cooling magma, which makes it ultra dense and hard-perfectly suited for slamming into other curling stones at speed. Every stone is shaped, weighted, and polished to enable it to slide across the ice like butter, essentially making each a very precisely engineered work of art."
Gustaf Westman converted a curling stone into a snack bowl that uses the gooseneck handle as a slot for a glass and the round base as a vessel for chips, crackers, or popcorn. The piece debuted on Instagram on February 10 and is not listed for sale. Olympic curling stones have been manufactured on the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig since 2006 from dense microgranite formed by fast-cooling magma. The microgranite's hardness allows stones to withstand impacts and slide smoothly across ice. Each stone is shaped, weighted, and polished to enable precise movement, and the bowl reflects Westman's chunky, rounded, colorful aesthetic.
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