Steven Haulenbeek ICB Lace Vessel #1

Price on request

Edition of 8 plus 4 AP
2018
Bronze Available in : Silver Nitrate, Ancient Bronze

Steven Haulenbeek’s experimental fabrication process has led him to reinvent the lost wax casting method. To relinquish control over the shape of the moulds for his bronze ICB Lace Vessels, he pours molten wax onto freezing ice and accepts the uncontrollable shapes the cooling wax contorts itself into.

Micro-managing the specificities of each unique piece is impossible; Haulenbeek only knows what he is truly dealing with each time he pulls the wax from the ice. Exploring different temperature gradients between the wax and ice has leant him certain control however. The wax forms wider, more flowing rivulets if introduced to relatively warmer ice, whereas the colder the ice the stronger the wax’s reaction, forming tight, chaotic convolutions.

Artist Biography

Steven Haulenbeek is an American artist and industrial designer whose work is produced through rigorous material and process experimentation, resulting in unique objects and furniture.