BEYOND REPAIR (2014) | Nicolas Cheng

CONVERSATION PIECE:

BEYOND REPAIR

2014

Story I

The vase from Waldemar Lindström for Rörstrand (1910 Ca.), presents a visible hole drilled at its base, made by a previous owner to accomodate a lamp chord (rather often vases have been adapted to become lamp bases, and this is no exception -

a small action that greatly compromises the market value of the object).

The decorative motif of lilies is extracted and further elaborated on a software to turn it into a three dimensional flower.

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Story II

The Trollslända coffee set by Alf Wallander for Rörstrand (1910 Ca.), presented several broken or missing elements from different owners in Sweden.

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Story III

The glass vase (1910 Ca.) from Emile Gallé has suffered a serious damage: it was broken in many pieces and it presents a visible crack with several missing parts; furthermore the vase is truncated by pervious owner. The vase is reconstructed to its original decorative motif of sycamore leaves to become an imaginative, three-dimensional continuation of the vase.