The Fork Art of Matthew Bartik

By John Farrier in Art on Dec 8, 2009 at 11:17 am

New York City-based artist Matthew Bartik began bending forks while in dining halls at college. His first formal sculpture, which he created for an art class assignment, was a goldfish aquarium made from forks and glass. But he’s now been able to move out of the cafeteria and is producing fork art full-time. Pictured above is an example from Bartik’s figure study portfolio: a representation of a photographer.

Link via DudeCraft | More Information about this Artist | Photo: flickr user sebastien.b used under Creative Commons license

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Tim Giachetti
Dec 8th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Very cool!

Thanks John!
Gauldar
Dec 8th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
This is quite amazing. I never would have considered the versatility possible when starting with a single simple item to make this many different forms. I love the man with chainsaw sculpture.
eni
Dec 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for posting this! I’ve been looking everywhere for awesome fork/spoon jewelry for a Christmas gift for my mother. This is PERFECT. And you can bet I’ll be buying some of those sculptures as gifts.
Serris
Dec 8th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
There is no spoon, only forks.
StephenB
Dec 8th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I actually met Matthew outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC about a year ago. He had a table set up there where he was selling his sculptures and making new ones.

There were a lot of tables out there that day, but his was the only one that made me want to stop and have a conversation with the artist.

If you can afford to, buy some stuff from him. He’s obviously talented, and he’s a really nice guy.
Professor
Dec 8th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Need I say it? That is forking amazing!

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