In oceanography, a halocline is the layer of water where salinity changes sharply with depth. It forms where fresh water, which is lighter, rests on denser salt water. The two masses press against each other without mixing, held apart by the difference in their density.
The collection takes this phenomenon as its guiding principle: two masses that meet but never blend. Metal and onyx, machine precision and the work of the hand, are placed in deliberate contact. Each keeps its own nature while defining the other at the line where they meet.
That tension also shapes how the pieces are made. Each design is first modelled digitally, then refined by hand to introduce controlled variation. The metal elements are sand-cast and then extensively hand-finished. The onyx components are CNC-machined for structural precision, then sculpted and textured by hand to give them an expressive, tactile surface. The marks of grinding, sanding and welding are not hidden. They are controlled and integrated into the surface, so that the pieces read as unified and intentional rather than industrial or raw. As in the halocline, the boundary is left visible and becomes the subject of the work.
