Studio Visit: Amuneal

Rob D’Amico, lead fabricator at Amuneal, takes us behind the scenes of his creative process.

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Rob D’Amico, Lead Fabricator at Amuneal

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

I started as a sculptor, but I learned enough about craft to take on commissions and started making objects that were functional as well as aesthetic. Here, I’m working on a custom kitchen cabinet. It’s stainless steel and glass, and it has two curved doors that swing out on the sides. I’m fitting out the curved portions.

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

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"I think it’s very important for people to know that there are very skilled and hardworking people who make these things come to life and look the way they do."

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

We spend a tremendous amount of time in the shop so that you don’t see the hand in the finished piece. What you have in the end is rather slick and impressive. The fine details make it the object that it is, and that’s all done by hand.

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen

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