“As a designer, I want to show how we can shape materials and how they in turn can shape us. Usually my objects are all made by hand and by me. I am interested in direct ways of shaping materials because the result can become something beyond what you might expect from a certain material. By not having a clear plan for what I am making while I am making, I avoid compromising form for function.

This time the object would be produced in a greater number than I would ever be able to do myself. Perhaps that is why I started off making molds by carving a shape in two plaster blocks, together making a two-part mold for casting. In that way I actually designed the mold rather than the object.

The way I shape materials draws from the first known man-made objects, like hand axes made from flint some 1.2 million years ago. I believe I am searching for a connection to our collective creative past: for an anachronistic sympathy to the first person who discovered that sharp stones work well for chopping.

This solid cast bronze object dubbed Bokk, stems from a similar discovery. Carving out different shapes in the plaster blocks I found shapes that might work as a tools for the home. The separation line from casting is used as an edge for removing metal bottle caps.”