“Brookie ” created by John Sendelbach is a 10-foot-long sculpture made of spoons, forks, knives and other stainless-steel cutlery that is located in Greenfield, Massachusetts. We like to see the recycled use of flatware into art on this blog.
Category: Cutlery in the news
“The Uncomfortable” by Katerina Kamprani. Inconvenient Cutlery.
These two forks and spoon are not very useful flatware. And that is on purpose.
Artist Katerina Kamprani has created a series of sculptures called “The Uncomfortable”. Not all of them are cutlery related, but these three are.
Her intent is to make useful objects no longer useful. This “anti-functional” design wins the “form over function’ argument that is for certain.
Just think what it takes to make an object useful, the effort of the design and function. Now think what it takes to reverse that.
Specific Cutlery by Lee Ben David
Israeli designer Lee Ben David has created cutlery that is considered specific to the point that it’s unnecessary.
She states she discovered an “absurd” amount of variation in the cutlery used in formal dining, such as a knife designated only to fish dishes.
“I’ve decided to demonstrate the extreme situation we’ve gotten into, using my ‘very specific’ cutlery set,” she said.
You’ve got to check out the amazing collection of specific cutlery she has created like the three-pronged cherry tomatoe tool, pitta bread knife, spaghetti fork, and salad fork.
Touchless Cutlery Dispenser
In Food Courts, Buffets and Cafeterias there are usually an open tray or bins of cutlery for you to take what you need. Sometimes there is an issue with contamination with the dirty hands of the public grabbing in that bin of forks, knives and spoons. Many times there is a problem of people taking extra cutlery home with them (it’s more common than you think).
In comes the Dixie® SmartStock® Cutlery Dispenser which automatically dispenses pre-counted and pre-assembled cutlery packages. It dispenses prewrapped Dixie brand disposable plastic recyclable cutlery.
I’m not sure if this helps or hinders? It’s a question of health versus the environment. It’s a tough call.