20 Aug 2008
Biographies - 14.05.2007
‘You get back what you put in.’
Silversmith Robert Foster set up F!NK and Co in 1994, joined by partner Gretel Harrison in 1997. Foster wanted a business that would support his one-off handmade works, starting with production of his now well-known aluminium F!NK water jug.
From the outset, F!NK was envisaged as a company of designers and many acknowledge Foster’s generosity and enthusiasm in providing them with a start. He insists on a close connection to the tooling part of the process to ‘maintain the sensitivity and integrity of the design’.
F!NK objects are now sold extensively in Australia and overseas. Increased demand for the F!NK water jug led Foster to explore offshore manufacturing, and he now has jug forms made in China, mostly for assembly in Australia.
You can see Foster's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmade
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From the outset, F!NK was envisaged as a company of designers and many acknowledge Foster’s generosity and enthusiasm in providing them with a start. He insists on a close connection to the tooling part of the process to ‘maintain the sensitivity and integrity of the design’.
F!NK objects are now sold extensively in Australia and overseas. Increased demand for the F!NK water jug led Foster to explore offshore manufacturing, and he now has jug forms made in China, mostly for assembly in Australia.
You can see Foster's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmadeFink design
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+ Smart works: design and the handmade