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Everything dissolved into millions of particles. She was naked. Empty. She reshaped the particles and put them together until something new, whole came into being.
These three works symbolize a cycle: the origin, the ovum; the developing fetus; the new DNA. The cycle represents the eternal cycle of all particles and a personal experience – the experience of dissolution, fragmentation into millions of particles, and the power to reinvent oneself.
To reassemble the particles until something new and whole emerges.
Cell state – object
Fetus – pendant
Her DNA – necklace
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Cell state
object
material: fabric, embroidery thread, yarn, polymer clay
year: 2023
photography: Mitch van Schijndel
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Fetus
pendant
material: fabric, embroidery thread, yarn, polymer clay
year: 2023
photography: Mitch van Schijndel
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Her DNA
necklace
material: fabric, embroidery thread, yarn, polymer clay
year: 2023
photography: Mitch van Schijndel
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photography: Claudia Fahlbusch