Eye Fishing - Tea Candle Holder

This is a tea candle holder I made that will reveal some messages when its top is being heated.

I used theromochromic pigment to achieve the revealing of the messages. This type of pigment will be transparent under a higher temperature and be normal again when the temperature is lower.

The concept is about memory and eyes. The cover of this candle holder is designed to be a 'lake' of eyes (shown by the patterns), and there is a small character fishing eyes for himself. Yet while he is fishing and when the candle is lighten up, there are things revealed on the surface of the lake suggesting he might fish something else rather than eyes which are what he wants. The things revealed has relations to eyes but are not the first things that come up to our mind when we think about eyes.

Audience

My audience will be people who use tea candles. Through the gradual reveal of the patterns and its gradual disappearance after the light is out, I hope this project can people them of something in their memory.