Pain had meant my world was compressed and existed at arm’s length. To keep my mind and hands distracted I sought to locate an object within the sensory pain experience. The aluminum works emerged directly out of a subjective experience. They can fit in the palm of the hand with the sharpened spikes protruding between the fingers. The object could therefore be used as a tool for violence and wounding. On the one hand they reference early weapons of war or torture, but alternatively they can refer to natural biological structures under extreme magnification.

Threat