Chris van Hartesveldt

About Me

I’m a builder and artist working across construction, sculpture, and industrial design. I run Eleven Ten Development, a residential and light commercial construction company, and create artwork under the artist name Pher Hands. I also develop FQIT, a product and merch line that translates artwork into functional, accessible objects.

My work spans buildings, furniture, sculpture, and objects, but it is driven by a single practice: building durable things from difficult materials. Across all of this work, my role is consistent: taking ideas, systems, and materials that resist easy resolution and forcing them into finished, functional form.

Through Eleven Ten Development, I’ve led projects ranging from small renovations to complex, multi-phase builds. Working in environments where failure is visible and permanent has shaped the way I approach every project, regardless of scale.

Pher Hands is the artist name under which I create sculpture, objects, and paintings. The work often involves traditionally rigid or permanent materials, treated with an approach that borrows equally from craftsmanship, industry, and rebellion. The goal is not only decoration, but confrontation; objects that hold weight, time, intention, and meaning.

FQIT exists downstream of that practice. It’s a way to release fragments of the work into the world through functional objects and merchandise, without diluting the core artistic output. It’s not separate from the work, it’s an extension of it.

I continue to expand my practice across larger-scale projects, limited-run objects, and architectural work, exploring how art, labor, and commerce intersect over time.