The Lock

About the work

The Lock was designed for Cetaş shop windows, for the “Bir Dilek Tut” (Make a Wish) collection built around the idea of lock and key. The starting point was the collection’s small pendant, the “Altın Dilek Kilidi” (Golden Wish Lock); the large lock was developed from its form.

The lock was first drawn, then 3D-printed so the print would match the drawing exactly. A mould was taken from the print, the pieces were cast from it in series for the windows, and the surface was finished in satin brass.

With its broad body, thick rings and the shield-shaped keyhole at its centre, it reinterprets the small pendant at the scale of a shop window. The first piece was shown at the collection's launch in 2020.

Collection: Cetaş — Bir Dilek Tut (Make a Wish)

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Zeynep Didem Bardakcı Studio

Zeynep Didem Bardakcı Studio designs and produces artistic pieces that respond to the story and architecture of a space. It provides consultancy to architectural projects in this field: it designs project-specific artworks and delivers a project with complete drawings and finished placements. In the production of sculpture, relief, painting and bespoke furniture, it uses meticulous and creative techniques. It uses its own technological infrastructure, such as the ZDB Studio App and the In Between Checklist, to keep this process running smoothly and completely.