anxiety is a few stones
slip-cast ceramic stones exploring anxiety as smaller, more manageable forms.
以陶瓷注漿成形的石頭，將焦慮轉化為更小、更容易承受與掌握的形體。
this work continues a project i made two years earlier, anxiety is a heavy stone. back then, anxiety felt like a single unmoving weight — one stone the waves could never wash away.
when i revisited the idea last year, i realized that the stone had changed. my anxiety was no longer one heavy object. it had separated into several smaller ones. the weight didn’t grow; it simply shifted. these stones, once overwhelming, now feel more manageable. they support each other instead of crushing me. i’ve learned how to place them, how to live with them, and how to let them exist without resistance.
i used slip casting partly because this piece was made in a mold-making ceramics course, but also because the technique unexpectedly matched the concept. the repetitive process of casting feels like the way my anxiety divides itself, multiplying, softening, becoming a series of quieter shapes. the smooth, consistent forms create a shared visual language that fits how these emotions now exist in me.
at first, i planned for the stones to remain separate and stackable. but as the forms developed, it felt more honest for them to fuse into one structure, a calm system that holds itself together.
這件作品延續了我兩年前的作品 anxiety is a heavy stone。那時候，焦慮對我而言像是一個單一、無法移動的重量：一顆連海浪都無法沖走的石頭。 去年重新回到這個想法時，我發現那顆石頭已經改變了。我的焦慮不再是一個沉重的整體，而是分裂成幾顆更小的石頭。重量並沒有增加，只是轉移了。那些曾經令人難以承受的石頭，如今變得比較容易面對。它們彼此支撐，而不是壓垮我。我開始學會如何放置它們、如何與它們共存，也學會不再抗拒它們的存在。 我使用注漿成形，一部分是因為這件作品是在模具製作的陶藝課程中完成的，但同時也發現這項技術意外地與作品的概念產生了呼應。反覆注漿的過程，就像我的焦慮不斷分裂，從一個整體變成多個較小的部分；它們逐漸變得柔和，成為一系列更加安靜的形體。這些平滑而一致的形態，也形成了一種共同的視覺語言，對應著這些情緒如今存在於我身上的方式。 一開始，我計畫讓這些石頭彼此分離，並且可以堆疊。但隨著形體逐漸發展，我覺得讓它們融合成一個整體反而更加誠實，成為一個能夠彼此支撐、安靜地維持自身的結構。
