Right now I'm working on two projects. The first project is inspired by the famous Chinese "
Yin-Yang" symbol and Chinese ancient chessgame "
Go". I made one white and one black baby size shoes by using the real ceramic chessmen of
Go. The chess board is made from some crossed shoelaces fastened on a rectangular wooden board. The shadow of the chess board is projected from the top of the shoes so that they can "walk" freely through those boundaries. Another idea I am thinking about the board is to place shoes on a circular wooden board where I will connect some dashed shoelaces to make a classic
Yin-Yang fish pattern. This pattern can be understood as either an endless motion or an elapsing time or both.
Another project I am working in the foundry is a pushed pillow made of human hair. The wax mold of the pillow is done today. I will attempt to use the regular hair gel to keep a fixed contour of the hair as designed. I enjoy trying different materials and seeking to understand their interesting representations of common items we are using everyday.
2 comments:
the shape of this pillow looks awesome!
I like the shadow projection of the chessboard with the shoes--I think it might work better than using the actual board with the shoelaces...
and yeah, your mesh pillow was very cool!
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