Broken Heart Chair Process

Brass sutures and rods bring back function and highlight what used to be broken.
“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).

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 a humansitting there stagnant. We repair our bodies
with something inert: Titanium//Porcelain. This repair is inspired by that logic.

Process images are presented as a slideshow.

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