Steps
Repeat

Though beauty is often inherent, viewable, and aesthetic, human suffering and day-to-day struggles exist as the silent sister. Creation itself is fraught with mental and physical struggle. Like our passage into existence, hardship is innate in the birth of beauty.

My work is meant to be self-referential. It speaks to the struggle it has inherited from its maker. The surface texture, created with lines of rod, is its own form of tattooing, scarring even, delineating a personal history. The lifelong journey of elation and despair are made from the same substance, and give commonality to our otherwise distinct stories.