"Scarcity" emerged from a period of personal loss following the death of my father, reflecting on the fragile systems that sustain us when we experience loss. Constructed from ceramic, a hospital fluid bag and tube, and liquid, the work stages a kind of  choreography between care, exhaustion, and expectations.

 

The ceramic forms shift between body and creature, suggesting a bird or animal becoming their true self. Their texture and surface carry signs of growth, erosion, and repair. The clinical hospital apparatus contrasts with the organic objects, blurring boundaries between healing and vulnerability, autonomy and dependence.

 

Water drips steadily into a vessel, marking time through repetition. The sound and rhythm of the drip become meditative, similar to the slow process of grief. This process is a cycle that sustains even as it reminds us of an end.

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Scarcity invites a slow encounter with grief, care, and the emotional systems that shape how we give, receive, and conserve. The steady drip becomes a measure of presence, a small, continuous act that acknowledges both the weight of absence and the quiet persistence of living.