• BAL in Klarheit (Mint) im ruhenden Zustand, Ansicht von schräg oben mit Räucherstäbchen
  • BAL in Klarheit (Mint) im ruhenden Zustand, Ansicht von schräg oben mit aufgehaltener Asche
  • Eine Hand setzt ein Räucherstäbchen in BAL ein, das Objekt kippt in seine Lage
  • BAL Räucherstäbchenhalter in Mint mit brennendem Räucherstäbchen, Rauch steigt seitlich auf
  • BAL in Sand im ruhenden Zustand, Ansicht von schräg oben mit Räucherstäbchen
  • BAL in Sand im ruhenden Zustand, Ansicht von schräg oben
  • BAL in Erdung (Sand) auf einer Fensterbank, Morgenlicht von links
  • Maßzeichnung von BAL: Länge 60 mm, Breite 42 mm, Höhe 22 mm
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3D-printed design object

BAL – Sculptural Incense Holder

BAL – Sculptural Incense Holder

Two forces – stick and holder – hold each other in balance.

€45,00 EUR
€45,00 EUR
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Your Balance: Clarity (Mint)
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Visible Balance

For spaces where objects don't just exist, but carry meaning.


BAL is a sculptural incense holder that doesn't simulate balance, but rather makes it constructively visible.

This design object never stands by default. Balance emerges in the moment of placement – between weight and counterforce, between ritual and statics.

  • Object dimensions: L 60 × W 42 × H 22 mm
  • Made to order. Ships in 4 working days.
  • Bio-based PLA with elephant grass fibres
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Rauchfaden steigt von einem Räucherstäbchen in BAL auf

Details

  • Design – Tim, stdio3D, Wolfsburg
  • Design object with stainless steel insert

Two versions for different atmospheres:

  • Grounding – warm, natural surface with visible structure and fibres
  • Clarity – quiet, pared-back surface, matte and even

Dimensions and Specifications

  • Length – 60 mm
  • Width – 42 mm
  • Height – 22 mm
  • Weight – 20 g (without packaging)
  • Quantity – 1 piece

Suitable for incense sticks up to Ø 2 mm.

Material and Making

  • Material Erdung (Grounding) – Natural fiber PLA with elephant grass content for a warm, natural surface
  • Material Klarheit (Clarity) – Matte PLA with a uniform texture

Both versions are printed using the FDM process and then heat-treated. Visible print layers remain as a characteristic of the process. The stainless steel insert is positioned, as with all BAL products, where the embers sit.

Care and Instructions

  • Embers and ash fall onto the designated surface, an edge holds them back and protects the table.
  • Do not place a glowing incense stick directly on the surface.
  • Intentionally not a closed container.

    Incense sticks not included.

Meaning

How does balance become visible in an object?

BAL translates a principle from practice into form. Not as a symbol, but as a state.

The focus is not on catching the ash, but on the relationship between stick and object.

Unterseite von BAL mit eingeprägter stdio3D-Gravur, Streiflicht von der Seite

Development and production in one place

Every object bears the studio's signature – visible, yet understated.

Available without engraving on request.

BAL in Mint mit eingesetztem Edelstahleinsatz, Objekt in geneigter Lage

Built in balance

Small changes shift the whole.
Form, weight and position depend on each other.

BAL im ruhenden Zustand, das Objekt liegt flach auf der Ablage und hält Asche auf

Tilted back – deliberately at rest.

When at rest, the ash is collected. A rim holds it back and protects the surface.
In use, it finds its balance.

Fittingly

The incense BAL was developed with.

Other versions

BAL auf einem gewölbtem Tisch in in einer Hotellobby, Tageslicht von der Seite

A keepsake. A connection. A trace of the house.

Developed together with each house, BAL becomes a ritual object for hotels, spas and contemporary interiors.

For hotels & retreats

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  • Warum unser Objekt absichtlich nicht mühelos ist

    Why our object is intentionally not effortless

    BAL doesn't catch every bit of ash – by design. Why an object that demands something of us creates more balance than one that does everything for us.

    Why our object is intentionally not effortless

    BAL doesn't catch every bit of ash – by design. Why an object that demands something of us creates more balance than one that does everything for us.

  • Was wir nicht selbst machen

    What we don't do ourselves

    The Ambrosia of Berk is not made by us – and that is exactly why we have been burning it for six years and are now selling it.

    What we don't do ourselves

    The Ambrosia of Berk is not made by us – and that is exactly why we have been burning it for six years and are now selling it.

  • Wie BAL entstanden ist

    How BAL came to be

    BAL was born from the idea of making balance visible. What began as a personal search for a state, through rituals, forms, and many iterations, became an object that makes...

    How BAL came to be

    BAL was born from the idea of making balance visible. What began as a personal search for a state, through rituals, forms, and many iterations, became an object that makes...

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