Opposite the strainer is a metal cover once used for serving food. Its purpose was to conceal, protect, and preserve what lay beneath it. Within this artwork, it becomes a symbol of everything we keep hidden.
People, too, have their covers. What others see is not always all that exists within. Behind calmness there may be pressure. Behind strength, fear. And behind the simplest object, a story of hardship endured.
Hinges, Bolts and Door Hardware — Doors
Elements of doors recur throughout the body of the artwork: hinges, bolts, locks, keys, and metal fittings. The idea of a door is present even though no actual door appears.
The hinge allows movement. The bolt prevents it. The lock protects. The key determines when it opens.
Four small components distil so much of our relationship with life: when do we open? When do we close? What do we protect? And when is it time to leave?
Locks and Keys — The Answer Is Already There
Locks often represent obstacles; keys represent solutions. For every obstacle in life, a solution may exist, whether near or far.
Perhaps not every closed door requires us to search far away for its key. Some answers are already within our reach; we simply have not decided to turn the key.
Sometimes the problem is not that we lack a solution, but that we have not yet found the courage to use it.
Industrial Printer Components — The Memory
Some metal parts were taken from large printers — machines designed to transform intangible digital information and images into something visible and tangible.
Today, those same components have become traces of their own past. They no longer print a story on paper. They have become part of the story itself.
