Book: Home-made Europe

Table tennis ball case by Albina Leonidovna Falko, in Perm, Russia, 1985. Table tennis balls were hard to find in shops in 1980s Perm. Says Falko's son Mikhail Turbinksy: 'One day I complained to my mother saying that it would be nice to make some sort of a small box so the ball wouldn't get damaged, and as a result I got this wonderful piece here. It's made from titanium. On top of that it was argon-welded together with some kind of aeroplane material.'

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