{"product_id":"queen-of-the-ants-by-fenes-mo","title":"Queen of the Ants by Fenes","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn display during The Art of Cutlery — never before at this price. Offered here, once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomanian artist Toma Fenes's contribution\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e to The Art of Cutlery, a pizza wheel named \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Queen of the Ants,\" on show during summer 2024 in Tribeca, NYC, renders the humble pizza tool in extraordinary and artistic detail. Over 200 hours of work were needed to forge the cutter's handle and frame from reclaimed iron, the wheel from 26c3 carbon steel, and the stand from fir wood and copper, inlaid and detailed throughout with homemade mokume gane, bronze, fine silver, buffalo horn meticulously carved into a colony of ants, and copper. The wheel has been differentially hardened, etched, and polished to reveal a hamon. The fir has been penetrated with Chlorociboria aeruginascens, a \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003esaprobic species of mushroom that results in the green coloring, an artistic technique used since at least the 14th century. This artful p\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eizza cutter is built and finished for use in the kitchen and dining room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Art of Cutlery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54611399704851,"sku":"TAOC-03-MO","price":6450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/the-art-of-cutlery-the-art-of-cutlery-queen-of-the-ants-by-fenes-47349307605267.jpg?v=1728471928","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/queen-of-the-ants-by-fenes-mo","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}