Broken Heart Chair Process

I met this chair’s owner on an email Listserv. She told me,
“I have a special chair. To transform it would be powerful because it’s so loaded”
Emblematic of the other half of a broken relationship, brass sutures and rods re-enlist
function and highlight what used to be broken; we repair our bodies
with something inert: Titanium//Porcelain. This repair is inspired by that logic.

“In many cases the judgment that something is irreparable is not straightforward,
and the declaration of irreparability represents the result of struggles over when,
where, and how to use our reparative resources” (Elizabeth Spelman).

Process images are presented as a slideshow.

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