Vitreous enamel, copper, wood, leather and resin clay.
14 x 14 x 18cm
2020
"Emergence-y Petit Fours" is a sculpture installation featuring ten oversized petit fours that explores the boundary between art and utility craft. This work was initially triggered by my visit to France and witnessing the global culinary scenes—those pâtissiers who express their passion and creative energy through pastry making resonated deeply with me, particularly given the state I found myself in when these pieces were conceived.
Cuisine is a most inspiring subject. It serves as an interactive, progressive, evolving and communicating factor of cultural diversification; food reflects and conveys the essence of culture. The expressions of these pâtissiers resonated with me in my current state of emergence in art, their dedication to craft mirroring my own artistic journey.
These petit fours were initially conceived as individually useful storage objects, blurring the lines between artistic expression and functional design. However, the presence of bugs encased inside the cake mould lids deliberately hinders their functional ability, transforming them from utility into pure artistic statement. Hidden within are cocoons and caterpillars—symbols of hope and anticipation, representing the transformative potential that lies dormant, waiting to emerge.
The work speaks to that liminal space between purpose and beauty, between the practical and the poetic. Just as cuisine reflects culture, these oversized confections reflect my own process of metamorphosis—caught between what was intended and what has become, between function and form, between the caterpillar and the butterfly yet to emerge.
Vitreous enamel, copper, wood, leather and resin clay.
14 x 14 x 18cm
2020
"Emergence-y Petit Fours" is a sculpture installation featuring ten oversized petit fours that explores the boundary between art and utility craft. This work was initially triggered by my visit to France and witnessing the global culinary scenes—those pâtissiers who express their passion and creative energy through pastry making resonated deeply with me, particularly given the state I found myself in when these pieces were conceived.
Cuisine is a most inspiring subject. It serves as an interactive, progressive, evolving and communicating factor of cultural diversification; food reflects and conveys the essence of culture. The expressions of these pâtissiers resonated with me in my current state of emergence in art, their dedication to craft mirroring my own artistic journey.
These petit fours were initially conceived as individually useful storage objects, blurring the lines between artistic expression and functional design. However, the presence of bugs encased inside the cake mould lids deliberately hinders their functional ability, transforming them from utility into pure artistic statement. Hidden within are cocoons and caterpillars—symbols of hope and anticipation, representing the transformative potential that lies dormant, waiting to emerge.
The work speaks to that liminal space between purpose and beauty, between the practical and the poetic. Just as cuisine reflects culture, these oversized confections reflect my own process of metamorphosis—caught between what was intended and what has become, between function and form, between the caterpillar and the butterfly yet to emerge.
