SOAP Object

Glass Object

SOAP object, glass shaped like soap, full view

Turning attention to chance

About 4,000 years ago, it is said that glass was born when sand grains and plant ash accidentally combined in a fire lit by Sumerians on a beach. Also, soap, born from animal and plant fats and soda ash that accumulated in rivers over long periods of time, has been used in people's daily lives since ancient Roman times.
Even though they were born in different places and eras, both glass and soap have transformed themselves starting from fire and sand, and water.

SOAP object, glass shaped like soap, from another angle

Remaining / Disappearing

SOAP objects were born from turning attention to the process of change that these two materials have undergone. Soap changes its form each time it is used, and eventually disappears completely. On the other hand, glass remains there unchanged no matter how many years pass. SOAP objects condense this contrast between "change and permanence" into a single form that fits in the palm of your hand. SOAP objects are themed on the moment when materials with contrasting properties meet as a single form.

SOAP object, glass shaped like soap, surface undulation (detail)

Textures that celebrate traces

SOAP focuses not on fixed forms, but on the process of change itself. SOAP objects, consisting of slight fluctuations remaining on the surface and layers of delicate texture, are characterized by a light blue that slowly encompasses light by wearing a soft milky white cloudiness rather than complete transparency.

Rolling them around in your palm, or placing them beside a bookshelf. These are objects for experiencing firsthand the possibilities of things that leave no traces, born by chance in distant times and places.