Designer Kathryn Hinton displayed her tableware at the Royal College of Art Show One in London earlier this month.
Pieces include lettering on the prongs of forks that correspond with words imprinted in bowls and the Exhausted range (below), where cutlery follows the shape of objects it appears to collapse onto. Above: Non-sharing bowl
Here’s some more information from Hinton:
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The tableware I make is inspired by components and interconnecting units. My research currently looks at the role of cutlery in different table settings with emphasis on their function as connecting elements. Below: personal fork
I am creating diverse collections of flatware which translate the different aspects of my concept. The pieces have an individual aesthetic and change into new forms when they playfully interact with each other.
The pieces come together through the lettering shown on the tines of the fork and where it has been, leaving a mark. Another concept can be seen through the exhausted cutlery which flops over a plate or surface to interact with the tableware.
In the Exhausted range, the utensils take the form of the tableware they fall on. The pieces are exhausted by constant treatment and use.
The non sharing bowl is a double bowl with two forks that have ‘MINE’ in different fonts on the end of the tines. The bowls have ‘MINE’ in the two fonts etched randomly around to encourage competitive behavior.
The forked bowl incorporates the same idea but different lettering to show the forks function and where it has been leaving its mark.
The personal fork has my initials on as an example of a personal fork for hallmarking your food. I have done this with the intention that people can commission their own initials
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Posted by Rose Etherington
June 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
brilliant!
June 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
fun!
June 27th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Wud be interesting to have the word ‘FAT’ or ‘JUNK’ stamped on the steak you’re eating with those forks.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Even more fun it would be to have “I WASN’T ME, IT WAS THE ONE-ARMED MAN” stamped on the razor.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
fabulous and fun
June 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
nice sculptures ….
June 27th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
useless / BORING !!!!
June 28th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Carlo is wrong on both counts, poor boy. Excellent, fascinating work.
June 28th, 2008 at 8:05 am
people would no longer be afraid of the scratchy sounds of cutlery against plates if they made such a pretty mark : P
June 28th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
The cake server is especially interesting, I love that one.
June 28th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
its fun, but i dont think ill use it
June 29th, 2008 at 12:23 am
… very funny !!! Useless ? Well… let me try it and I´ll write my opinion.
… you can send me the entire set to my holyday retirement. Thanks, Kathryn !
June 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
crazy….i really like the ones with the letters
or maybe someday there will be a little strawberry on the fork….muuuuuuh….
June 29th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Looks fun! Can I have a set?
June 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
cake server is brilliant! I agree!! interesting and fun! why not! C’est la vie!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
interresting maybe artistic or ironic but nothing about considering convenience.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Très joli…
June 30th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Those type utensils are simply brilliant!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
It’s all fun and games until you can’t get the food crud out of the letter M.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Is it a specific typeface?
Nice job!
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Cool!
I want one. Nice job.
July 7th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Beautiful! I love the fork labeled “FORK,” as well as the melting silverware.
July 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Delicious…
July 9th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Love it!!
August 15th, 2008 at 4:48 am
pointless
October 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
im exploring form of design in cutelry now at university, this is great, very imaginitve and inspiring
January 5th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
It looks like inspired by Dali’s The Persistence of Memory! Great !