Dinner fork c. 1965 - 1970

Marion Weeber made this dinner fork, along with a set of cutlery, from metal, and without a known date. The forms are modern, clean, and cool. The process of making is clear from the ribbed handles – you can tell how the tool was dragged along the metal. I love the anonymity of design. A piece of cutlery is not precious in the same way a painting can be. But the shapes are so satisfying! The way the tines of the fork taper to a point, or the simple curve of the spoon. It's interesting that Weeber chose to emphasize the tool marks in the handles rather than polish them away. There’s a kind of unpretentious honesty in this. It’s about function and process. It reminds me of Bauhaus design, where things were stripped down to their essential form. It invites you to think about utility and beauty as going hand in hand. Like art, design is about making choices.