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Designer Steven Haulenbeek Turns Functional Objects Into Physical Records of Ice, Sand, Fire, and Serendipity

Steven Haulenbeek, an American artist and industrial designer who turns unpredictable natural processes into collectible furniture, lighting, and sculptural objects. His best-known works use carved ice and molten bronze, or reclaimed foundry sand and resin, so that weather, gravity, heat, texture, and chance become co-authors of the final design.

Designer Steven Haulenbeek Turns Functional Objects Into Physical Records of Ice, Sand, Fire, and Serendipity

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Steven Haulenbeek, an American artist and industrial designer who turns unpredictable natural processes into collectible furniture, lighting, and sculptural objects.

His best-known works use carved ice and molten bronze, or reclaimed foundry sand and resin, so that weather, gravity, heat, texture, and chance become co-authors of the final design.

Haulenbeek's signature Ice-Cast Bronze process began […]

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Steven Haulenbeek, an American artist and industrial designer who turns unpredictable natural processes into collectible furniture, lighting, and sculptural objects. His best-known works use carved ice and molten bronze, or reclaimed foundry sand and resin, so that weather, gravity, heat, texture, and chance become co-authors of the final design. Haulenbeek's signature Ice-Cast Bronze process began […]

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Haulenbeek's signature Ice-Cast Bronze process began […]

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