Untitled {glued cups on table}

"This work consists of quintessential porcelain teacups and saucers that were repeatedly broken and glued back together. These objects were placed on a drop down table (of which one eave is being propped up by another smaller table) in such a way that it seems some cups and saucers are inevitably sliding towards the edge of the table. It seems as if the process of destruction and reconstruction is about to repeat itself.

The precarious nature of this construction suggests the uncertainty that is often experienced within an intimate relationship. The imminent fall of the sliding cups implies the destructive nature of human beings and the violence that is so often associated with the domestic space, while the reconstruction of the cups and saucers implies the impetus to recover and repair relationships.

In the making of this work, it was discovered that it became increasingly more difficult to break the objects after each restoration. After a cup was glued back together it did not break along the same lines as it did before and it seemed that the glue actually provided some extra strength to the object. Thus, interestingly, the objects were stronger after they had been broken and repaired, but now were no longer functional as any liquid would just slowly seep through the tiny cracks."