Artist Statement

This work explores human behavior, ritual, and material culture under conditions of isolation. Imagine living secluded from society, where habits, tools, and adornments would shift. What objects would you create to survive, celebrate, or structure your day, and how would your rituals evolve? These questions form the backbone of these objects.

These pieces: tools, items, totems, jewelry, and adornments, occupy a space between the familiar and the unknown. Each suggests function or ceremony, yet no single meaning is prescribed. Viewers are invited to project interpretations, imagine solutions, and complete the objects through mental engagement, making the work co-created.

Materials with history, such as bronze, silver, steel, bone, wood, and stone, anchor the pieces in the physical world. Recurring forms, materials, and finishes create cohesion, while variations in shape and scale encourage close inspection and presence. The work asks viewers to consider how meaning, ritual, and ceremony persist without societal guidance.