Through a large panel crafted entirely by hand from knitted copper wire, the artist makes the material’s journey from heat to form perceptible, transforming a gesture traditionally associated with textiles into a reflection on the world of metallurgy. Each weave contributes to the construction of a surface that appears simultaneously solid and fluid, evoking the transition from the energy of casting to the precision of the worked material.

This work celebrates community and interdependence on every level of its making. It began as a knitting workshop held during the artist’s two-month residency at the Huacui Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai, where she taught participants the traditional German/Nordic knitting technique — each person contributing a hand-knitted section to what would become the final piece.

The collectively knitted structure was then transformed through an electrochemical process.

It was a Herculean endeavor — a challenge to process a work of those dimensions with electrochemical treatment. From preparing to processing to shipping, facing a typhoon and tight timelines, making the artwork Indra’s Weave: Co-Creation the most demanding project to date.

The Artwork before electrochemical treatment; a handknitted mesh from copper wire created from 9 different pieces during the knitting work shop in Shanghai

This video shows the artwork after its electrochemical treatment, in its finished state