Meet the maker: Kelsey Fairhurst’s irresistibly bold flatware

This article profiles Kelsey Fairhurst, founder of Forks Plus, who designs and manufactures handcrafted stainless steel flatware with a "softline brutalist" aesthetic.

• •She taught herself CNC machining and G-code programming to produce flatware, reducing counterboring time from 46 minutes to under 1 minute per piece
• •Production involves laser cutting blanks, deburring, hydraulic pressing with custom dies, CNC counterboring, powder-coating, and polishing across multiple regional partners
• •Kelsey uses Figma for marketing design, website layout, Instagram planning, and collaborative art direction with photographers
• •She can produce up to 250 handles per day in her Brooklyn studio, with full production taking ~30 minutes per fork
• •Business expansion plans include adding coffee spoons, serving utensils, and wholesaling acrylic forks in Korea