Complete Fab offers bespoke fine fabrication with intelligent and thoughtful project consultancy
We work with Artists, Designers and Production companies to provide an interdisciplinary and professional service whilst maintaining a high level of confidentiality
Complete Fab’s co-founders, Jo Pickett-Baker and Nick Corker, combine skilled craftsmanship – machining, modelling, casting, leatherwork and soft prototyping – with a fine attention to detail
We have evolved our specific skill sets from over 30 years of industry experience as illustrated in the ‘Gallery’
Today our partnership focuses on fabricating smaller projects from our base in Peckham
We can set up tricky limited edition casts and produce them with consistent quality as needed
Large rocks, selected by the artist, fitted with clock mechanisms driving pendulums with un-natural motions
The designers’ concept required the use of unusual methods and materials in this furniture construction
We worked closely with the exhibition designer to transform these mannequins. They acquired perfectly fitted linen exteriors, over individualised poses (MoMA, New York)
Terracotta appearance tiles for KOYN Grosvenor Street
Slow Movement - an 80m long, floor to ceiling, installation (Barbican, Roman Signer 2015)
To meet this client’s brief we developed new casting techniques using Demerara sugar
Problem-solving, fabrication and logistics for COSxStudioSwine (Salone del Mobile 2017)
Here we sewed an air-tight fabric sculpture to capture the breath of five woodwind players
To create a visual match for early plastics, like cellulose Acetate, required extreme attention to detail (Tate Sculpture Conservation)
The artist’s vision here is supported by our crisp construction of the work
Our soft prototyping service allows covers for new product designs to be evaluated at an early stage
Upscale chocolate and wafer bar with breakaway corner for food advert
Jigs to aid the construction of artwork made from books and candles by Ana Prada
Koko Krunch models for animated sequence in food advert
Replicating the Eames Music Tower included manufacturing all the steel chimes (Barbican Gallery 2015)
Branded and adapted donkey tack for a ‘contactless’ promotional event
We developed this atrium sculpture from the client’s very open brief about light and space
Prototype bag design bringing together a range of fabrication skills
Iconic Awards for Interbrand with sliding mechanism in Greencast acrylic