Layer Cake

London based brand, Completedworks, known for its sculptural approach to jewellery and objects, is expanding its creative vision into the world of furniture with a new collection debuting at Alcova during Salone 2025. Consisting of 10 unique pieces, the debut collection explores deception of materials, with hard bronze and clay forms imitating the visual properties of other, more supple materials, such as knotted fabric, foam or even elaborately layered cakes - at once celebratory and transient. The work becomes a frozen gesture, a capturing of movement, playing with the viewer's visual expectations for the pieces. "As a studio we talk a lot about the juxtapositions of femininity and a certain idea of ornateness with the practical and the everyday - and I think the simplicity and pragmatism of furniture is at the centre of that. Traditional designs are often associated with certain rules, expectations of permanence and solidity, whereas our pieces have this visual element of being in transition which I really enjoy." Anna Jewsbury, Creative Director 

Completedworks documents the beauty and complexity of the everyday through the practice of jewellery, leather, ceramic and sculpture. Prioritising recycled and renewable resources, the brand’s signature pieces gently roll against the tide of convention – using sculptural forms that weave, loop, twist, enfold and expand to explore broader questions about the human condition and trade blows with history, politics and the language of art. Founded by two siblings in 2013, Completedworks has been nominated for the BFC Vogue Fashion Fund as well as Accessories Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards.