Forbidden Desire
Sculptural installation | 2021-Present
Caster sugar, glucose syrup, water, food colouring
Sugar is a material of contrast. It is a desired treat. It is a forbidden indulgence.
Forbidden Desire explores the tension between beauty, sweetness, and the fleeting nature of life. Each sugar-blown vessel captures a single breath — acting as both a measure of time and a symbol of impermanence.
Created using traditional glassblowing techniques adapted to sugar, the delicate forms gradually collapse and dissolve, leaving behind a syrupy residue. This transformation reflects sugar’s own journey — from a symbol of luxury and vitality to one of overconsumption and decline.
The work invites reflection on desire, decay, and the choices we make. What do we choose to consume — and what does it consume in return?
Sweetness Unravels
Watch this time-lapse capturing the transformation of hand-blown sugar sculptures over 23 days. Created using adapted glassblowing techniques, these delicate forms slowly collapse, melt, and return to liquid.
Composed from 8,471 photographs — each second revealing 229 stills. The piece offers a meditation on time, desire, and decay. The piece is set to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, the music echoes the emotional gravity of transformation.
Breathe into Sugar
This short film reveals the process behind each blown sugar sculpture — a delicate act of breath, timing, and control. Using traditional glassblowing techniques adapted to molten sugar, each vessel is shaped while the material hovers on the edge of solidity and collapse.
The process is as ephemeral as the final form itself, capturing a single breath made visible.
