Spinning Top

Designer Pat Kim creates lathe-turned wooden tops from leftover material and uses them for unconventional swatches - a unique and playful way to envision finishes for future products. This set of five tops is a fun reflection of Kim's broader studio practice, which focuses on material experimentation and traditional craft. Keep them spinning and admire them resting nearby. Features Set of two Includes ten wooden spinning tops Please note, this product option is made-to-order…

Beechwood, with a plastic cartridge. Height 5 cm, Ø 4 cm. Weight 20 g.3 refills included in delivery.

Recalling the shape of an umbrella, this spinning top will mesmerize with its captivating design. The slender handle in Muirapiranga wood boasts a glossy dark red-brown color that contrasts with the umbrella-shaped body of Canadian maple wood. The holes of different diameters create a distinctive sound (hence the name Aria) when the top is spinning fast. Finished with a silicon ring in the same color nuance of the Muirapiranga, and a steel tip with the engraved brand logo, this prized piece…

The initial inspiration for the elemental top collection by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda was wooda’s iconic logo of a tree. We felt it captured the company’s synergy for working with wood and its history as a furniture maker. To expand the story, we looked for elements in nature that occurred around trees that could be poetically translated into tops, hence the Agua and cairn versions. This resulted in three tops whose sculptural nature made them perfect items to admire while at rest as objects of…

Small rallye rainbow spinning top. A beautiful well-balanced and easy-to-use spinning top for all ages. Traditional wooden heirloom toy. Dimensions: height 4.3cm diameter 3.6cm Materials: Wood with natural colour stain. Difficulty level: 1 Age: 3+ Made in Austria

Oskar’s Wooden Ark stocks a wide range of Mader Spinning Tops as well as other beautiful Mader toys such as skipping ropes, kaleidoscopes and yoyos. Each piece is made by hand in the foothills of the Austrian Alps from local wood sources - some requiring up to 20 different steps to reach completion. Mader Spinning Tops & Toys was founded by Klaus Mader in 1991 but these beautiful wooden toys only made their way to Australia through Oskar’s Wooden...

Defined by a long, delicate stem and a disk-shaped body, this spinning top boasts a stunning Camerun ebony wood body enriched with black-stained inserts in maple and erable woods treated with high-quality wax and oil. The deceivingly simple design results from a complex construction whereby very thin layers of wood are glued together and worked into a rich texture that recalls optical fabric. A soft red silicone ring around the equator and a steel tip with the company logo add a bold…

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