BY CONSIDERING PHYSICAL OBJECTS AS SYMBOLS OF THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, THEIR VISUAL PLACEMENT AND REPETITION CAN CREATE SYNTAX. TRANSLATING AN OBJECT OF ONE MATERIAL INTO ANOTHER GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR PARALLELS AND VARIATIONS, IMPRINTS— CONVEYING OLD AND NEW MEANINGS.

OBJECTS CREATED IN PORCELAIN AND STONEWARE, TRANSLATED INTO BRONZE THROUGH SANDCASTING. TEXTURES SHIFT, REMAIN THE SAME. BASIN DISHES, HOLLOW IN PORCELAIN, BECOME SOLID AND WEIGHTY IN THE NEW VISUAL LANGUAGE OF METAL.

LINEN TEXTILE FROM THE EARLY 1900S, COMPOSED OF TWO SELVEDGE HAND WOVEN COLUMNS BECOMES CERAMIC WHEN SOAKED IN PORCELAIN AND FIRED IN A CONE 10 KILN. THIS TRANSLATES TO A NEW DELICATE NATURE AND TRANSLUCENCY, EVOCATIVE OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL, WHICH IS BURNED OUT IN THE PROCESS. WHAT REMAINS AS A SIGNIFIER IS A PORCELAIN GHOST.

THESE SMALL IMPRESSIONS ARE PULLED FROM THE PORCELAIN TEXTILES, STONEWARE AND COLLECTED ROCKS, TRANSLATED BY CASTING INTO GOLD OR SILVER AND SHAPED INTO A WEARABLE FRAGMENT OR REMINDER.