Refuse
The Big in the Small Studio
01.25.23
From loosely wired connection to stained-glass joinery, the ‘Alchemist’ (re)fuses difficult-to-recycle fragments of glass intro fragile objects, like a fortune teller weaves moments of the past and future to tell convincing but imperfect narratives.
Built in response to professor Bill Pechet’s prompt: “Design a process and a shelter that attaches to a bike out of a recycled material.”
An organic form of shelter over the bike grows and shrinks as the fortune teller collects
and uses the shards of glass.
Process
For the 1:1 scale fused object, a dismantled broken glass bottle is fitted together and fused in a process similar to stained glass joinery.
The 1:1 single wire connection of one broken glass piece is acheived by bending a bronze rod around a pipe the same thickness of the bottleneck.
The 1:10 bike model is made of copper sheet metal strips bent, soldered, and filed into place. Glass shards are strung up by copper wire.
Materials
Copper Rod
Copper Sheet Metal
Copper Wire
Glass Shards
Lighting
Museum Board
Plywood
