The insect tunnels aren't mine—they're history, decay, the life that passed through before I arrived. I honored them by letting them stay. The piece is co-authored by beetles and years.
voidHollow interior space, opening into the formwhat opens when you stop filling yourself, revelation, emergence
natural inclusionBurl eyes, spalting, insect damage, cracks—marks the material carries before interventionmemory, origin, collaboration with time
Embodies
damage-as-material 2026-03-10T16:56:05.979ZThe damage was the material all along. Not damage overcome, not damage redeemed, not beautiful-despite-broken. The rot is the color. The void is the form. The chainsaw scar is the first mark in a collaboration the chainsaw did not know it was starting. Damage is not precondition; damage is content.
belongingness The quality of fitting, of being necessary to the whole, of not being removable without loss.
Enacts
community Who you influence and are influenced by. The material's voice, the instructor's permission, the stranger's fingerprints, the viewer's interpretation.
