I use the sound wave of “I” as a sample of language to translate from. To create the wave with hotshop glass, I drew the sound wave on hotshop floor. I use my drawing as my reference for sculpting the wave on hot glass surface. There is a couple translating processes happening to create this body of work; the first translation is the floor drawing that is a translation from the actual sound wave. The second translation is the glass sculpting process that is a translation from the floor drawing.

This repetitive process is paralleled from my work, Wave: Atashi, Watashi and I, instead of losing definitions from the wave by physical contact with glass, I am actively losing definitions by coping and translating the wave by my hand. This makes me think about how I learn English and my challenges to use it as accurately as possible.