Committed, 2022
Crocheted and melted nylon
40cmH x 27cmW, Base: 50cmL x 35cmW
From the Unbecoming series, featuring prints and film
These vases were crocheted separately and then torched by a flame. Intending them to ‘hug’ when the nylon melted and fused, the organic forms were made to lean into each other. Instead, the 2 vases started pulling away from each other with the heat.
Slowly, unexpectedly, one leaned forward, and the other back, looking almost like a pair of lovers tilting imperceptibly as they move into a hug.
Named ‘Clingy’ before the melting process, these 2 organically-shaped vases do end up fusing together in the end, after their romantic dance with the flame- turning into ‘Committed’.
Photography by Clarence Aw