For the ANVIL Awards, we developed a trophy system that explored how form can be both built up and carved away, combining additive and subtractive making processes into a single object language.
Each piece was produced through a hybrid approach that paired 3D printing with wood carving. The 3D printed elements allowed the form to accumulate and construct material presence layer by layer, while the carved black walnut introduced reduction, revealing structure through removal. The contrast between these two methods created a tension between precision and hand, construction and erosion.
Glow in the dark material was integrated into the composition, bringing a quiet activation to the forms once the lights shift, allowing the objects to hold a secondary life after dark.
The result is a set of awards that feel both engineered and carved, grounded in natural materiality while pointing toward a more experimental, process driven future.
