The Iridescent Dimension: On Magic and Resonant Light II – Creased Curves

Typology: Sculptural Glass
Material: Glass
Concept: A Project extended form a master thesis “The Iridescent Dimension: On Magic and Resonant Light,” which explores the essence of iridescence in Greek mythology and natural phenomena, and transposes the alchemical philosophy into the design process to materialise iridescence. “The Iridescent Dimension: On Magic and Resonant Light II” consists of three collections of work: Light Drawn from Matter, Creased Curves, and Supercooled Drops.

“The object, thus worked or ‘alchemized,’ carries a memory of sorts: one that creates the final object through its chain of existence(Cotnoir 2017, 51).” In the glass work, it reflects the iridescent light as the goddess Iris brings it, owing to the interference and refraction of light and its nacre-like curved surfaces, revealing the mesmerising beauty of iridescence. It carries all that is scientific about iridescence, and all that it is, represents the imagery of iridescence.

A Meisterschüler_in project by Katya Cheng Hsiao Ching

at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin 2022

Mentor: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christiane Sauer, Prof. Dr. Patricia Ribault