Groundwork — Harvey
Format 11 · Table · H 35 × W 55 × D 30 cm
Concept art. The final piece will be photographed once fabricated.
- Year
- 2026
- Materials
- Mirror-polished stainless steel and hand-painted cast resin
- Edition
- Edition of 33
Inspiration
Heavy machinery, assigned to a tender task.
Story
Named for the machine, not for the sandwich. The blade was modeled from a working dozer and then asked to perform the smallest gesture in a kitchen, at a scale where the two readings can no longer be separated.
Process
The dozer is modelled from a working machine and the loaf from a real one, then both are rebuilt digitally at a scale where neither wins. One wax is drawn from the master mould for every example.
The blade is the hard part. A flat mirrored plane is the least forgiving surface in metal — a wave the eye forgives on a curve reads as a fault on a flat — so the blade is cast oversize in stainless steel and brought down by hand until a straightedge finds nothing. That work is measured in days, not hours.
Body and blade are cast separately by lost wax, welded, and the weld is chased away. The tracks are worked with files rather than abrasive belts, because a belt rounds an edge that has to stay alive.
The loaf is cast resin, painted by hand, and painted last so its colour is judged against finished metal rather than against the drawing. The preserve is built in translucent passes, so the light still travels into it instead of stopping on the surface. Ninety hours per example, most of them on the blade.
Before the public presentation
Collectors on this list see the collection first, with the full dossier of each work — materials, dimensions, edition size and the making — and have the first opportunity to reserve a number. We write once, when the collection is ready.