Ontwerp voor een lepel en een vork c. 1874 - 1932

Mathieu Lauweriks sketched this design for a spoon and fork, likely on graph paper, sometime in his career. The lines are so precise, so considered, it makes me think about the way design marries function and form, and how even the most mundane objects can become a site for artistic exploration. The thin lines create a ghostly effect, like X-rays of silverware. Look at how the handle of the fork is almost architectural, with those clean, geometric shapes nested inside each other. There's a real sense of order and structure, it reminds me a little of Agnes Martin's grids, but with a practical purpose. You could imagine how this design would feel in your hand, the weight and balance of it. It makes you wonder, what other everyday objects could be elevated to art? Perhaps that's the point, to see the potential for beauty in everything around us.