Branches

over 2 months to complete.

detachable.

embroidery and fabric on canvas.

dimensions: 22 x 18 IN

Depicting a slumped, battered figure suspended between monstrosity and humanity. From his back, flayed, muscle-stitched arms spread like branches, each ending in the head of another life bound to him. Initially read as trophies of violence, these figures instead reveal survival prolonged at the cost of his autonomy. Entirely manually embroidered, the work explores guilt, reluctant power, and the quiet tragedy of a being who longs for release rather than dominance.