PET OBJECTS 2
OBJECTS/RESEARCH
2025
BUILT
PLA, RESIN, PAINT
JONATHON ANDERSON
ODAMI
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Pet Objects 2 is a new iteration of an ongoing research project which seeks to re-imagine our relationships and stories with our household objects, amplifying the odd sensation that inanimate "things" just may, possibly, have a soul, or feelings.
While we largely take these items for granted for their functionality, or merely idolize their beauty and craft, this project aims to imbibe them with a sense of kindness, or curiosity, or humour, and in turn, tease out these qualities already latent in our domestic spaces.
The form is derived from a multi-step process exploiting the possibilities of both analogue and digital craft. The initial form was created by casting plaster in spandex, which bore considerable limitations in terms of scale and modifications. By 3D-scanning it to create a digital model, it essentially became immaterial, granting us virtually unlimited control to manipulate its form - in a way, it became completely immaterial. The initial form was repeatedly copied and rotated along a central axis, allowing a new shape with considerably more volume – and therefore more functional potential – to emerge. Its fabrication was then subsequently a hybrid of physical and digital making: the newly-created object was 3D-printed in multiple parts and assembled; coated in resin and a spray-on texture; and painted with metallic paint. As a result of this process, the final piece resists categorization - it’s both singular and plural, and it feels architectural yet also like a living being.
As a first prototype, this lamp begins to explore the generosity of light fixtures in our homes, and how the relationships between ourselves and our things and spaces change in the dark.
