Nesting Ground

Abstract

Nesting Ground reflects on the hostile patterns and structures established through interpersonal connections. Formal investigations are efforts to understand the environment and systems the body finds itself in, and to relinquish a need for the sense of control. Included works navigate the body’s response to toxic relations, and how defensive reactions may prove detrimental to individual and community wellness. The structures of entwined bodies made from clay reference the dance of emotional entanglements and their static detriment. Built coil by coil, these forms parallel the relations and patterns I have traversed, materializing the outcome for recognition by the viewer of a shared experience.