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Brazen Studio's keyboard cases
Brazen Studio's Ian published some photos of their experimental gypsum/resin and cement/resin cases.
Published January 30, 2022
Ian from Brazen Studio, maker of the Mason60 engineered stone keyboard cases, posted some new designs on r/mk here, here and here.
We are currently exploring options for our next round of designs. We wanted to try something totally different to terrazzo, so we came up with some "art" inspired designs.
The new cases are the same shape as the terrazzo designs, with the same o-ring tray mount system.
They are made of gypsum/resin composite material (think Corian), and the "sandstone" one is cement/resin composite (40% heavier!), which are cast into a mold.
So e.g. the "oil paint" pattern is not painted onto the surface, it's incorporated during the casting process.
And this also means that the surface of the keyboard case is high gloss, with the hand feel a bit like polished marble. The sandstone one feels like stone.
Like the terrazzo cases, the bottom is covered with cork for grip and added thocc.
Published on Sun 30th Jan 2022. Featured in KBD #63 (source).
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