Steel wool has been abstracted and transformed into a sparkling, diaphanous material whose shape loosely suggests the outline of a human figure. Through hammering, the fine hairs of the wool intertwine and compress into a delicate network of threads.

While the piece adheres to formal principles that create beauty, it also distorts and exaggerates the human form in ways that push the aesthetic experience beyond visual pleasure. The proportions stretch beyond the bounds of what is expected and create a sense of tension. The ambiguity of the figure’s outline raises questions: Is it a human form at all? Is it rising upward or cascading down? If the upward-extending lines are read as appendages, is the figure reaching out or being hung up by the mount?

I want my work to exist in this space of aesthetic tension. The viewer may find themselves enjoying the experience of looking without fully understanding why. What is seen or felt may reveal something personal. Ambiguity opens the work to multiple meanings. I often use elongated or distorted bodily forms to elicit complex responses, ones that may heighten the viewer’s sensory awareness or embodied perception. Yet, the action taking place, and even the presence of a body at all, remains open-ended, inviting each viewer to find their own meaning within the work.