Zi Studio
Zi Studio
Zi Studio is an archive of multi-disciplinary exploration and experimentation by Zijun Zhao(赵梓俊).
Zi Studio explores the shifting relationships between space, objects, and people, tracing how they are formed, disrupted, and reimagined through everyday practices.
Zi Studio understands making as thinking, and design as questioning. Working across furniture, zines, photography, and installations, projects unfold through making, placing, using, and revisiting objects within everyday spaces.
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A Limping Cabinet
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A Limping Cabinet
Category: Furniture, Crafts
Measures: 24 × 20 × 40 in
Mediums: White Maple
Year: 2025
A Broken Sidetable reflects the continuation of my journey with craftsmanship. After completing A Broken Bench, this piece marks a shift in how I relate to making and to myself. Growing up, I was often told I wasn’t suited to be a craftsman because of my clumsiness and carelessness. Those voices lingered through my experience in fine woodworking, where precision is demanded and mistakes feel unforgiving.
While A Broken Bench emerged from struggle and anxiety, the sidetable moves toward acceptance. Instead of trying to overcome or conceal my imperfections, I began to work with them. The familiar zigzag form, once a trace of breakage, becomes a structural element that allows the object to stand and function. Through this process, mistakes are no longer moments of failure but active forces in shaping the piece. This work reflects a quieter reconciliation—one that transforms imperfection into a stable, lived-in creative strength.
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