flour, plastic bag, objects in my room and studio, variable installation

Flour glue is a material I encountered by chance while making stone-like forms from eggshells. At first, I used it simply as an adhesive to bind the particles together, but as I observed it bending, cracking, and pulling on the surfaces around it while drying, I began to see it as a sculptural material in its own right.

When flour glue is applied to thin plastic, the evaporation of moisture causes it to shrink, and this contraction pulls and reshapes the plastic surface. Rather than constructing a new supporting structure, I use objects that I already have as supports for this process. By draping thin plastic over these objects and applying flour glue, the forms of the objects, the flexibility of the plastic, and the contraction of the flour glue interact with one another, producing terrain-like forms with folds, rises, and depressions.

Once dry, flour glue is fragile and can break easily, yet when it comes into contact with certain materials, it can also reveal a surprising degree of force. I am interested in this contradictory state. Rather than trying to eliminate or overcome fragility, I observe how it can shift into different qualities and possibilities under specific conditions.

The form of the work is not predetermined. The size and shape of the objects I already have, the way the plastic is positioned, the amount and thickness of the flour glue, moisture, temperature, humidity, and drying time all affect the direction of contraction and the final form. Rather than fully controlling these conditions, I treat them as part of the work and observe the temporary terrains and sculptural forms that emerge through the interaction between what is already present and the forces of the material.