the first material study.chrome, vacuum-sealed, computed in real time —no photograph, no bake. only light and math.drag across the pouch and it tears like foil.

the second material study.grey clay, coated in two thin films of soy wax.a brittle skin on a soft core, simulated to the physics.press and hold — the shell cracks into plates and the clay bulges through, for good.

the third material study.glazed porcelain — a game of tris in one dish.cobalt ink lifted from photographs, fired under a wobbling glaze.drag a piece in — it banks, clinks, and the kiln answers.

the fourth material study.a translucent film note, lifted off its pad and pressed to bare cement.the crack that runs under it is solved, not animated —peel slowly and it catches, lets go, catches again.