The Iridescent Dimension: On Magic and Resonant Light is a project that explores the essence of iridescence in Greek mythology and natural phenomena, and transposes the alchemical philosophy into the design process to materialise iridescence.
"The object, thus worked or ‘alchemized,' carries a memory of sorts: one that creates the final object through its chain of existence(Cotnoir 2017, 51).” In the glass work, it reflects the iridescent light as the goddess Iris brings it, owing to the interference and refraction of light and its nacre-like curved surfaces, revealing the mesmerising beauty of iridescence. It carries all that is scientific about iridescence, and all that it is, represents the imagery of iridescence.
A Master thesis project by Katya Cheng Hsiao Ching
at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin 2021
Mentor: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christiane Sauer, Prof. Dr. Patricia Ribault
The Iridescent Dimension:
On Magic and Resonant Light
