Industrial designer turned acrylic sculptor. Working out of a converted machinist's workshop, casting cars in optical PMMA the way other people press flowers.
— A converted workshop on Rua das Janelas Verdes
H uy started Factory in 2022, after a decade designing consumer electronics for a manufacturer he politely declines to name. The work was good. It was also small, and full of plastic, and shipped by the hundred-thousand.
The Clear Block came out of a self-imposed exile from screens — a quiet year spent at a machine shop, learning how to cast PMMA properly. The first block, made for a friend's father, took eleven attempts before the layer interfaces vanished cleanly. The twelfth attempt sits on his desk today.
Today, Huy works alone with two assistants. Every piece passes through his hands at least three times — at the casting, the polish, and the laser etch. The studio releases two to three editions a year, and never reissues a retired mold.
"I am not making toys.
I am making paperweights
for people who miss their fathers' garages."
Studio visits are by appointment. Custom commissions are open on runs of five or more. Press inquiries: please include a deadline.