CONCEPTUAL DESCRIPTION:

THE STARTING POINT WAS PAST WORK I CREATED INSPIRED BY THE SUDDEN LOSS OF MY BROTHER. THE WORK WAS TO BE EXPOSED TO AN AUDIENCE AND I DID NOT WANT TO SHOW MY PAIN. I WANTED TO MASK HOW I FELT.

THE LASER-CUT PATTERN WAS USED TO CREATE A MIRAGE, AND WAS DEVELOPED DRAWING ON YAYOI KUSAMA’S IDEA OF SELF-OBLITERATION, GEOMETRY OF LIFE, BALANCE, AND SHAPES OF CRYSTALS TO CREATE SURREALIST- LIKE PATTERNS ON LEATHER. FRINGE OVER THE LASER-CUT WAS SYMBOLIC OF MASKING EMOTIONS.