McLaren Engine Table — Movement Series 01

McLaren supplied a single engine for this commission. The original plan was to build one table, but as I started working through the teardown, it became clear that the internal assembly deserved its own piece. The flat-plane crankshaft, connecting rods, and pistons didn't just look like engineered components — they looked like sculpture.

Instead of presenting them loosely, I chose to recreate the geometry exactly as it would exist inside the V8 block — correct firing order, rod angles, and piston positions, as if the engine were captured mid-cycle, frozen in motion.

This second table became a study of movement and rhythm. Where the first table celebrated mass and structure, this one focused on balance, timing, and the invisible motion that brings an engine to life.

Both tables — built from a single donor engine — were shipped to McLaren’s Trophy Room in Texas, where they now sit together:

One table representing power at rest.
The other representing power in motion.