Swine & Dine Succulent Canned Hams

Swine and Dine, 2025. Swine and Dine is a set of five canned ham lamps designed and fabricated by Christine Cannon. This project was born from a simple and irresistible goal: to make it real.

Swine & Dine Succulent Canned Hams, 2025. Christie Cannon

The OG Swine and Dine Succulent Caned Ham Painting.

The Swine and Dine Canned Ham first appeared in my Garbaggio painting series, and this body of work is the natural extension of that fictional brand into the physical world. The cans and hams were 3D modeled and printed in PLA, then painted, finished with custom-designed labels, and sealed in epoxy. LED lights installed inside each ham illuminate the pink plastic from within, casting the kind of warm, rosy glow that only a quality canned meat product can provide. The branding, an exercise in deadpan sincerity, was its own distinct pleasure to design.

This build was really fun to put together. I started out modeling the ham cans in Shapr3d, I then printed them. (There are a few extra to make flower pots from.) I designed a new label for the planters and encased thoe in the layers of resin before ageing and distressing the paint to look like rust. Check out this gallery of the build.

By the sweet, sweet glow of that subtle ham light, you can almost hear the jingle of convenience:

Swine and Dine it’s just fine, they’ll eat it all the same. 

Swine and Dine. It’s just fine. They better not complain. 

Swine and Dine, for when the day’s been long and the bar is low, 

Swine and Dine is the way to go! 

Succulent ham, a family treat, no fuss no mess, just pop and eat.