Growth. Growing point

Organisms compose rational, functional, and regular forms in order to adapt to environment. Cacti form unique structures to survive in environments that have a shortage of water. The artist, WON yusun, closely observed and analyzed the organic forms of spines unique to cacti and studied their role and characteristics. The spines visible on the outside of a cactus sprout from certain growth points. The thin shape of spines is the result of evolution to best adapt to the environment, taking various forms depending on the threats present during the growth of the cactus. Cells are concentrated in the circular growth points, and these growth points are distributed across the cactus in an orderly fashion. The artist explores the rules and images of growth through her study of cactus spines and materializes the image of continued growth in the form of think spines growing out of regularly arranged dots. Her work, Growth. Growing Point, connects the spines that are created first by a coiling method and subsequently modified by high temperatures in order to overcome the limitations of their material properties and the formation method of the material. As the clay twists and transforms in the high temperatures of the kiln, it bears a certain resemblance to the cactus spines that likewise transform depending on the environment. She materializes in her work the growth and order of a living organism that transforms itself to best fit its environment.