This piece challenges the boundaries between art and function, acting both as a sculptural wall piece and a functional shelf. By blending digital fabrication with handcrafted precision, Wong transforms industrial materials into layered, poetic forms.
Zavier Wong Zhen Rui (1993) is a Singapore-born artist and designer based in the Netherlands. A graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven under Nacho Carbonell, he established his practice in 2021 while honing his metalworking skills at Studio Job.
Describing himself as “gardening in an industrial wilderness,” Wong reclaims discarded and imperfect materials, transforming them into objects of value. Through experimentation and negotiation with his materials, he challenges perceptions, revealing beauty in the overlooked. His work invites viewers to see the imperfect as perfect, the unwanted as desirable, and the useless as essential
