Commissioned Bust

A friend once connected me with a woman preparing for a double mastectomy and reconstruction. She wanted a plaster cast made the day before her surgery—an intimate ritual of acknowledgement before crossing a life-altering threshold. I arrived with plaster in one hand and a camera in the other.

Afterward, when she learned about my sculptural practice, she asked if I would transform the cast itself. What followed was a slow, attentive embellishment—a contemplative process that moved in tandem with her own recovery.

Each bead I applied felt like a quiet offering toward her healing on a cellular level. The finished piece now stands prominently in her home, a sculpture honouring the body’s memory and her resilience