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Flip Cup Pour · Functional

When the bracket is flat,
it’s a painting.

When it’s open, it’s a shelf. One object. Two states.

The fold-down shelf installed flat against the wall — painting mode
Flat against the wall — painting mode. Green, teal, blue flip cup pour on wood board. Countersunk mounting holes drilled before pouring.
The shelf open and in use, with Pax sitting on the painted surface
Open at 90 degrees — shelf mode. The cat was not asked. The cat decided.

A clean desk.

The desk was cluttered. Speaker, pen cup, hand lotion, whatever else needs to be within arm’s reach — all of it competing for surface space. A fold-down shelf is neither a side table nor a permanent wall shelf. When it’s open it holds everything. When it folds flat against the wall, the clutter disappears and the painting comes back.

The brackets are bolted into studs. Countersunk holes were drilled for the mounting screws before pouring so the hardware disappears into the painted surface.

Two cups, full coverage.

The shelf is long enough that one cup wouldn’t cover it, so two flip cups were used, positioned to meet in the middle. Green, teal, and blue over the full surface. Dense cellular development across both zones.

There’s a spot near one edge where too much paint pooled during the drain. At the viewing distance a wall-mounted shelf gets, it reads as texture. Up close it’s a record of a decision made and not made again.

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