Toxic lacquered memory
A sculpture about memory as a lacquered shell: experiences and others’ stings are sealed and rust into us, yet a bright inner core persists.
materials
wood & nails
We accumulate memories from day one—touches, words, other people’s gazes. Over time, experience sets into a protective layer, like lacquer: it preserves yet also seals.
The rusty nails piercing the form are traces of intrusions and social expectations; their rust is time, turning stings into part of who we are. Along the split, a pale core remains—an inner zone of clarity where authenticity survives.
The work reflects a fragile balance between protection and stagnation: what we seal inside, what we allow to pierce us, and what we dare to expose to keep the living part intact.
