Tea

I made this video back in Term 1, relating to the casting workshop, when I cast cups and saucers with plaster. I thought about what they were used for .. drinking tea. Water is boiled .. somewhere along the line tea is added, depending on how one makes it, and this 'dangerously' hot liquid is then poured into such delicate objects. I decided to cast another cup and saucer with wax and pour tea into them in the hope of melting and destroying the cup and saucer ... but ... they did not melt at all. I tried so many times, even trying to boil the water for longer... Since nothing really happened while filming I decided to edit the frames to create at least some sort of drama/tension. I cut a lot of frames, repeated some, mixed a lot up ... etc. The interweaving jumps and pauses throughout the video reminded me of J.S Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord No. 1 in D minor (Allegro) 1052 (yes I am a complete classical music geek). I decided to record the Concerto over the video and, although it is incomplete and unfinished, what results is both dramatic and humourous.