Materiales Fuertes 1986 - __exclusive__

A utility knife made by a now-extinct Catalan tool company. Handle: die-cast zinc, not plastic. Blade holder: spring steel. Blade changing required an Allen key. The knife weighed 400g empty. It was absurdly overbuilt. Today, surviving T-6 cutters sell for €150–200 on eBay.

: In 1986, Orozco's work was deeply concerned with the tactile nature of his materials. The "Materiales fuertes" pieces often feature abstract, geometric, or skeletal forms that suggest a dialogue between the permanence of industrial tools and the fragility of biological life. materiales fuertes 1986