Calcify // Rebirth

October 2023, Second-hand wood cabinet, acetoxy silicone, saliva, acrylic varnish, glass beads, plastic beads, cyanotype on silk-blend fabric, projected stop-frame animation with sound

61 x 41cm, 36 x 26cm, 2 minutes

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Inspired by water and the minerals that lie within, Calcify // Rebirth explores a physical representation of the creeping past and every-day life uncertainty through adaptation of a household object. Much like an oyster’s creation of a pearl, new forms of self will not exist without a little irritation.