Becoming in Blue
Through blown glass and references to traditional blue-and-white porcelain, the project explores identity, transformation, and the tensions between individual difference and collective belonging.
Transformation
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Coexistence
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Becoming
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Transformation － Coexistence － Becoming －
The project was inspired by my experience growing up in Taiwan, where different cultural histories, political perspectives, and inherited values coexist simultaneously.
Rather than seeing identity as something fixed, I became interested in how identity is constantly shaped through interaction, negotiation, and change. Blue-and-white porcelain became a starting point because it traditionally represents stability, continuity, and cultural heritage, while glass allows me to challenge and transform those ideas.
The project first existed as a collection of individual vessels.
Each one borrowed something from the language of traditional blue-and-white porcelain, but none of them was designed to be identical.
Different proportions, surfaces, openings and balances slowly developed through the blowing process.
At this stage, I was still thinking about each vessel as its own object.
But once I started putting them beside one another, something changed.
The space between the objects started becoming just as important as the objects themselves.
That was the point when the project began moving from vessels towards sculpture.
Individual Forms
