Daniel Eaton

Drop Necklace bisects a seven-storey void with a suspended cord. Waterdrops released from a reservoir on the seventh floor accelerate in a vertical descent. The waterline rhythmically renews, beading along the Necklace whilst catching light and silvering. As a necklace typically accentuates the curvatures of the body, Drop Necklace is a feminine curve that comes out-of-line with the orthogonal architecture. The interior is reflected upside down and queered within the drop. Like the hanging earrings on a nervous body, Drop Necklace oscillates, breathes and sighs, amplifying the building's paralysis. The accentuated weight of the waterdrop underscores the cosmic law of gravity; the Drop Necklace, therefore, is a macrocosmic ornament. Silver Drop Rings invite their beholder to collect and wear a waterdrop. Ultimately, the research employs the scale of a waterdrop to queer architectural fixity and reorient how we design, enter, and seed alternate rhythms within built environments.