Cocoon
This ceramic work depicts a symbiotic scene between an insect and a plant. Its main body, shaped like a cocoon or a worm, metaphorically represents an individual's state of growth and pursuit of ideals. Those immature ideals, like an urge to break free from the cocoon, are vividly portrayed in the design of "growing legs before being ready" — a precise depiction of inner restlessness, reflecting the prevalent social tendency of "hurrying forward". The upper leaves, mimicking a turtle's back, serve as both natural shelter, shielding the "eagerly advancing" main body from wind and rain, and a metaphor for people's yearning for reliance and stability in a hasty society. The creature's legs, modeled after the aerial roots of a turtle-back plant, reinforce the intertwined meanings of "symbiosis" and "struggle": aerial roots, originally a plant's wisdom to adapt to the environment, become the support for the insect's "anxious movement", implying that in a restless world, individuals are torn between the desire to break free and strive forward, and the need to depend on the environment for strength,caught in contradiction and confusion. Through the integration of insect and plant, the creator reveals their own restlessness and confusion, while mirroring the social landscape — people rush through the tide of the times, their ideals unrefined yet swept away by "speed", entangled in complex relationships with their surroundings as they seek support. Using ceramics as a medium, the work blends natural forms, social emotions, and personal reflections, prompting viewers to recognize their own and society's "impatience" and "confusion" when gazing at this "symbiotic entity", and inspiring deep contemplation on the rhythm of growth, the cultivation of ideals, and social ecology.
Year of Creation: 2025
Materials: ceramic、metal
Dimensions: 22.00*15.00*45.00cm,38.00*31.00*42.00cm





