Chechen Burl Cap (Metopium brownei) with stainless steel and epoxy inlays.
11 lbs. 14" x 10" x 5"
This work stands as an acknowledgment of bodies shaped by time, wear, and adaptation rather than diminished by them - a tribute to the resiliency of the elderly. Here, the organic and the engineered are fused. A joint once worn thin finds reinforcement in metal, a gesture of defiance against time’s erosion and biological inevitability. What nature gradually surrenders, technology partially restores—not as imitation, but as collaboration.
Embedded metallic spheres punctuate the surface like nodal points of endurance. They function as anchors and counterweights, visually stabilizing the form while symbolizing retained strength, memory, and identity. They suggest that resilience is not continuous or uniform, but concentrated—held in discrete moments, joints, and adaptations that allow life to persist.
This piece does not deny aging, nor does it romanticize repair. Instead, it honors the body remade—where vulnerability and engineering coexist, and where survival is achieved not through preservation of the original form, but through thoughtful transformation. The work affirms that endurance is not the absence of fracture, but the capacity to integrate it.
https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/
Chechen Burl Cap (Metopium brownei) with stainless steel and epoxy inlays.
11 lbs. 14" x 10" x 5"
This work stands as an acknowledgment of bodies shaped by time, wear, and adaptation rather than diminished by them - a tribute to the resiliency of the elderly. Here, the organic and the engineered are fused. A joint once worn thin finds reinforcement in metal, a gesture of defiance against time’s erosion and biological inevitability. What nature gradually surrenders, technology partially restores—not as imitation, but as collaboration.
Embedded metallic spheres punctuate the surface like nodal points of endurance. They function as anchors and counterweights, visually stabilizing the form while symbolizing retained strength, memory, and identity. They suggest that resilience is not continuous or uniform, but concentrated—held in discrete moments, joints, and adaptations that allow life to persist.
This piece does not deny aging, nor does it romanticize repair. Instead, it honors the body remade—where vulnerability and engineering coexist, and where survival is achieved not through preservation of the original form, but through thoughtful transformation. The work affirms that endurance is not the absence of fracture, but the capacity to integrate it.
https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/
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