For details of the exhibition first showcasing these works, please view this page.

Film

Sculptures

The artist’s recent exploration of vases in crochet prompts viewers to re-examine their idea of crochet as a ‘soft’ medium. Playing with the tension of the stitches, her crocheted vases are self-supported, silhouetted in structured lines. These vases are open-bottomed— revoking their identity as a ‘vessel’— and is each connected to a lace doily contrasted against its hard lines. In rendering these vases as completely ‘functionless’, the artist forces viewers to consider their perception of value in modern society.
Upon completion, the artist then torches the vases crocheted in nylon, causing them to melt and deform. Turning molten and then hardening into a plastic-like texture, the destroyed parts of the vessels become hard, but brittle. Again, the artist challenges the notions of perception— the soft crocheted vases display strength in their flexibility, instead of weakness which is often associated with adjectives relating to softness.

(Quote from the exhibition essay)

Print

Shot before the vases are irreversibly torched, these prints will not be reproduced again, representing a unique imprint of the vases’ ‘souls’ before they evolve into a different state.