Wrecked is a sculptural narrative using the nautical language of maritime objects to express emotional shipwreck and survival. Drawing from the ocean as metaphor and material vocabulary, the work explores navigating vulnerability, intimacy, attachment, loss, and independence; how we stay afloat in destabilizing waters and rebuild after collapse. Personal histories wash ashore as artifacts.

         

          Lures examine attraction, seduction, and manipulation. Anchors negotiate the dual nature of weight, both stabilizing and sinking. Traps and cages expose the tension between protection and confinement, where structures meant to ensure safety can also restrict freedom. Buoys reference support systems like ritual, meditation, and prayer; keeping spirits afloat. Moorings negotiate between attachment and autonomy; what keeps the heart afloat also tethers it in place. Beacons serve as moral and emotional compasses, providing orientation, direction and clarity.

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          The sculptures are constructed from metal, wood, rope, clay, and found detritus, then activated through exposure to natural elements, producing surfaces that are rusted, faded, worn, or tattered. These materials oscillate between the industrial and the intimate, the artificial and the organic.

 

          At its core, Wrecked asks what it means to survive. The shipwreck becomes a site of transformation where beauty and damage coexist. Even in ruin, something still shines.