Reverie in Motion
2025
Bamboo, porcelain, and copper
A collaboration with textile artist and designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng, founder of The Fabrick Lab.
Reverie in Motion is a modular sculptural installation that reinterprets the essence of textile without using traditional fabric. Drawing inspiration from Elaine Yan Ling Ng’s Reverie collection, this new work transforms the poetic qualities of textile—flexibility, layering, movement—into a material language composed of hand-crafted porcelain, copper, and bamboo.
The work is celebrated by a collaboration with Julie and Jesse, with unique handmade porcelain beads.
Each module is meticulously formed with handmade porcelain elements, then interwoven with fine copper wire and hand-split bamboo strips. The result is a delicate yet structurally expressive piece that echoes the gestures of weaving while standing outside the conventions of cloth. It is both rigid and fluid, tactile and architectural—blurring the boundaries between textile, sculpture, and installation.
By translating a textile logic into non-textile materials, Reverie in Motion invites viewers to consider how the essence of weaving can be captured beyond fiber—through rhythm, repetition, and the interplay of light and form. The materials themselves carry meaning: porcelain offers fragility and permanence, copper provides reflectivity and memory, and bamboo brings warmth and tradition. Together, they form a quiet choreography of materials in motion.
This piece expands the Reverie universe into new territories, maintaining its conceptual DNA while inviting fresh interpretations across disciplines—from art to design to spatial storytelling.
Inspired by Alexander Calder’s mid-century mobiles, this hanging artwork moves gracefully with air currents, casting playful shadows. As light filters through, it transforms into a contemplative piece that fosters a calm yet inviting atmosphere.
Words: Elaine Yan Ling Ng & Julie Progin
Photography: Tracy Wong, Julie Progin and Jesse Mc Lin
Photo courtesy: The Fabrick Lab and Julie & Jesse