delicatise

Artistic concept; the act of making or transforming an object to appear delicate, especially when the object's material components are considered industrial in nature. Eg: to create a bird using nails. Coined by W J Welburn, Adelaide, South Australia, 2004.

I intend to delicatise those sheets of iron.

This is a lovely example of delicatisation.

by Rae Wormwell October 04, 2004