"Fortified" is a gentle reminder that boundaries are valuable and that making space for yourself is knowing your strength. 

Made in the summer of 2017, I realized in the fall that for an upcoming show, "Fortified" would look ideal if it had a mate, and be displayed as a pair. 

And so "Mend" was made, a depiction of picking up the pieces and making a stronger self. 

It takes a village to make hands out of flowers. Every single one reaches a point where I don't think it will work -- and then it does. 

Each time I start one, I find that the rules I followed for the last one won't work, and I'll have to re-figure out how to do it. 

And Cthulhu bless the patience of my friends who are often sent a work in progress screenshots asking, "...what does this look like to you?" 

It feels like a miracle when it pulls together. Every. Damn. Time. 

As always, thank you for checking out my work. 

Thank you! 

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