{"id":649,"date":"2025-07-13T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/?page_id=649"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:46:59","slug":"object-transformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/?page_id=649","title":{"rendered":"Object Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Fragile! Does Not Cut.<\/em> 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-background\">This work explores the ideas of danger and beauty in the transformation of the purpose of a kitchen knife. By changing the material, the recognizable shape of a kitchen knife, an object that can cause damage, has been transformed into an object solely of beauty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Freese_Project1_pic_ART3005-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Fragile! Does Not Cut.<\/em> 2025, paper clay and acrylic paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"1392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6678-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6678-copy-1.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6678-copy-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6678-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6678-copy-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6679-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6679-copy.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6679-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6679-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6679-copy-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1414px) 100vw, 1414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6680-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6680-copy.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6680-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6680-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6680-copy-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1414px) 100vw, 1414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-background\">The entirety of the sculpted knife is painted with chinoiserie inspired patterns, as they recall associations to delicate fine china, which is to be looked at instead of used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1635\" height=\"1308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6686-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6686-copy.png 1635w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6686-copy-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6686-copy-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6686-copy-1536x1229.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1635px) 100vw, 1635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-background\">The dimensions of the sculpted knife are true to size, modeled after an 8&#8243; Ginsu knife&#8217;s scale and blade shape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katelynfreese.art\/?page_id=634\">Back to Other Works<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fragile! Does Not Cut. 2025 This work explores the ideas of danger and beauty in the transformation of the purpose of a kitchen knife. By changing the material, the recognizable shape of a kitchen knife, an object that can cause damage, has been transformed into an object solely of beauty. Fragile! 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