Suikerlepel AVRO, zomer 1937 c. 1937 - 1939

This silver spoon was made in the summer of 1937 by Gero fabriek. I love to imagine how it was crafted, shaped through trial and error, through pure intuition. The silversmith, in this case, starts with a flat piece of metal, and then uses various tools to bend and shape it into the desired form. I can almost feel the silversmith’s hand, coaxing the metal into its elegant curve. Look at the top of the spoon, how the metal swirls and knots into the letters of what I believe is the Dutch broadcast company, AVRO. I imagine the artist carefully bending the metal, thinking about form and function, how something can be beautiful, but also serve a purpose. It is as if the spoon almost represents a flower in full bloom, the handle like the stem of a flower, the head of the spoon, its petals.