How can bread become a tool for a shared experience?

This project explores the feeling of community through the simple act of sharing food. At its center is one of the most universal foods imaginable: bread. Simple, familiar, and comforting, bread becomes a tool for connection. The object invites people to gather around it, naturally creating a circle where everyone can participate equally.

Its sculptural center holds dips, sauces, or olive oil, while the organic extensions around the outside are designed to be broken off by hand, piece by piece. Like small edible fingers, they encourage interaction, conversation, and the slow enjoyment of eating together. The experience moves from the outside toward the inside until only the soaked center remains, rich with flavor and shared together until nothing is left.

Imagine a warm summer evening with family or friends in the garden: People are sitting close together, tearing pieces from the bread, dipping them into the center, laughing, and sharing stories.

The choice of thirteen arms introduces a subtle tension into the object. Instead of appearing perfectly symmetrical, the form feels organic and alive. Thirteen creates enough repetition to feel collective, but enough irregularity to feel alive, encouraging spontaneous interaction rather than controlled order.

The bread is created using a negative mould filled with dough and baked in the oven, giving it its playful and inviting form somewhere between food, sculpture, and social ritual.