It's been a year since more than 700 people from across Australia poured into the Fitter's Workshop at Kingston to farewell beloved Fink founder Robert Foster.
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His tragic, sudden death in a car crash on the Kings Highway left the tight-knit arts community reeling.
Following the funeral, that community rallied around the family he left behind - his wife Gretel Harrison, and their two daughters, Mischa,13 and Ineska, 15.
Former staff of Fink came back to help keep the iconic company afloat.
"For the first three months I was on autopilot. I was just going through the motions, doing what needed to be done," Ms Harrison said.
"Robbie was on his way to install a [private] sculpture down at the south coast. We didn't know that much, we knew ideas of his drawings but we didn't know how he was going to do the whole thing."
It was common for Mr Foster to keep his designs to himself, which was another challenge Ms Harrison faced in the aftermath of his death.
"With two of my other staff, we worked tirelessly for maybe eight to nine weeks to get the sculpture finished.
"I think that was quite cathartic in making sure the trip he took wasn't worthless."
Now at the helm, Ms Harrison said she was determined to continue her late husband's legacy. While it's difficult for her to walk into the workshop where Mr Foster spent most of his time, she said it was also comforting to look around and feel his presence in his art.
"I swore that I would make sure everybody remembered who he was and what an amazing designer he was, what an amazing artist he was, and just what an amazing person he was," Ms Harrison said.
The crash not only claimed a life, it claimed a wealth of knowledge within a brilliant mind.
Mr Foster's influence on the arts community was profound, illustrated in the dedications which have included a book Sketching Process by designer Tom Skeehan, and an exhibition by silversmith Xanthe Gay currently on show at the Bungendore's X Gallery.
"People were really in awe of his really funky brain that worked in really amazing ways," Ms Harrison said.
"He was just such a one-of-a-kind."
In the 12 months since his death, two grants have been set up in Mr Foster's name to ensure his dedication to helping others continues. One is for $10,000 for a graduate of the ANU gold and silversmithing school to be announced in August, and the second is a CAPO grant with money collected in lieu of flowers at the wake, to be announced in September.
A limited-edition black and silver Fink jug has been released to mark the date, reflecting Mr Foster's style of the two-process anodising, to get one colour on the inside and one on the outside.
"We're dedicating this one to him and his memory in that this is following what he did in his artwork," Ms Harrison said.
"It's a very cumbersome process in doing it, but it's really important for me."
Ms Harrison's hope is that the community continues to support Fink, to carry on Mr Foster's legacy.
"The support that the community has shown me and my girls has been pretty overwhelming. The support for the brand has been overwhelming and the support from the staff, they're so dedicated and I could never have done it without them."
