The pain we experienced as children is different from what we feel as adults. I transform everyday childhood punishment tools into creative works. Maybe that’s a kind of ”Taiwanese sentimentality“ ?

The first piece started with the most familiar one: the clothes hanger. In Taiwan, a clothes hanger wasn’t just for hanging clothes — it was also something parents used to punish kids. I took its bent and twisted shape, after being used for punishment, and turned it into a pattern inspired by traditional iron window grilles.

For second one, I took the fly swatter and turned it into a creative piece. The mesh pattern now looks like delicate lace.

The third piece was inspired by the plastic water pipe. The original idea was to connect the pain we experienced in childhood with certain kinds of adult sensory experiences. I drew inspiration from Shibari, the Japanese rope art—especially the kikkou pattern.

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