That was the question at the heart of our collaboration with Sarah Myerscough Gallery and their client, Full Grown. A pioneer in contemporary craft and material-led design, and long-time collaborator with Racquet Studios, a challenge so insatiable to resist was proposed.

Based in London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery represents a leading group of international artists working with wood and natural materials. Their commitment to craftsmanship, sustainability, and tactile beauty has long resonated with our own belief at Racquet Studios that the intersection of art and technology can unlock entirely new forms of expression.

Over several years, we’ve worked closely with Sarah and her team to explore how digital tools can extend the language and reach of handmade craft. So when the gallery approached us to assist with a reproduction project for a remarkable work by Full Grown, we knew it would be something special.

The subject of the project, the Gatti Chair, is no ordinary piece. Grown, not built, from living willow trees over several years, it embodies patience, artistry, and nature’s own design intelligence. Recently acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the chair represents a milestone in material-led innovation, an organic form shaped by time and care.

Our brief was to recreate the Gatti Chair as an exact digital replica, which would then manifest as a series of life-sized brass reproductions, each capturing every contour, imperfection, and grain of the original piece.

Racquet Studios’ specialist digital team began by capturing the original Gatti Chair using the powerful, high-resolution sensor capabilities of the Canon R5C digital camera. An advanced hybrid cinema camera capable of ultra-high-resolution stills and motion. Over 10,000 stills were shot from every conceivable angle, in parallel with a bespoke, and carefully calibrated cross-polarised lighting process to eliminate surface reflections and preserve even the subtlest tonal variations of the material.

These images were then processed using the art and science of adapting photographic datasets into 3D geometry, allowing us to construct a perfect digital twin that mirrored the physical object down to its most intricate textures. Every fibre, knot, and curve was preserved.

Once complete, the digital twin files were shared with a specialist, UK-based foundry, where the model was divided into multiple, 3D-printable sections for casting. Once the individual sections were produced from one of the largest and most advanced 3D printers in the UK, the foundry translated the prints into physical mould form, resulting in high-quality brass reproductions that retained the same organic fluidity and tactile presence as the living original.

The result was not merely a reproduction, but a reinterpretation of the original piece. A dialogue between natural growth and human innovation, between the patience of organic procedures and the precision of modern creative technologies.

Projects like this mark an exciting shift in how music, gaming, and virtual production intersect. They show that immersive concerts don’t need to mimic the physical world; they can expand it, offering new ways for artists to connect with fans globally through interactive storytelling and real-time performance.

For Racquet Studios, this collaboration with Move AI and Sony Music exemplifies our ongoing mission: to merge technical excellence with creative vision, enabling authentic human performance to thrive inside digital environments.

Projects like this reflect the evolving role of digital craftsmanship in the worlds of art, design, and craft. By capturing physical works in digital form, we assist artists, curators, and institutions in preserving and expanding creative legacies, exploring materials, markets, and audiences, and extending their stories into new dimensions.

For Racquet Studios, this collaboration with Sarah Myerscough Gallery and Full Grown is a powerful reminder that technology, when used thoughtfully, can honour the handmade, not replace it.

If you’re exploring how digital capture, photogrammetry, or virtual reproduction with digital twins can transform your creative, curatorial, or design project, we’d love to help bring it to life.

Get in touch and let’s make something extraordinary together!