Wax and Feather
Categories
Object
Client
Solo Project
Project
Stainless Steel
Services
Mythology Daily Object Candleholder Narrative Form Duality
Year
2024
Wax and Feather began with an interest in how myth can be translated into daily objects. Rather than directly illustrating a story, I wanted to explore how narrative qualities could be embedded into form itself. The myth of Icarus and Daedalus offered a compelling structure: a relationship between ambition and caution, ascent and restraint, desire and wisdom.
Wax and Feather began with an interest in how myth can be translated into daily objects. Rather than directly illustrating a story, I wanted to explore how narrative qualities could be embedded into form itself. The myth of Icarus and Daedalus offered a compelling structure: a relationship between ambition and caution, ascent and restraint, desire and wisdom.
The project takes the form of two stainless steel candleholders. The Wing of Icarus rises upward with a sharper and more expressive silhouette, suggesting aspiration, intensity, and the risk of excess. The Wing of Daedalus forms a quieter counterpart, with a steadier and more grounded presence that reflects control, precision, and foresight. Designed as a pair, the two objects do not simply represent two characters, but establish a dialogue through contrast, balance, and formal tension.
The project takes the form of two stainless steel candleholders. The Wing of Icarus rises upward with a sharper and more expressive silhouette, suggesting aspiration, intensity, and the risk of excess. The Wing of Daedalus forms a quieter counterpart, with a steadier and more grounded presence that reflects control, precision, and foresight. Designed as a pair, the two objects do not simply represent two characters, but establish a dialogue through contrast, balance, and formal tension.
As daily objects, the candleholders bring a mythological question back into ordinary life: how do we negotiate the pull between adventure and restraint? By placing this tension into a functional object, the project suggests that mythology is not only a cultural memory, but also a continuing framework through which we reflect on making, desire, and the consequences of pursuit.
As daily objects, the candleholders bring a mythological question back into ordinary life: how do we negotiate the pull between adventure and restraint? By placing this tension into a functional object, the project suggests that mythology is not only a cultural memory, but also a continuing framework through which we reflect on making, desire, and the consequences of pursuit.
