My work explores repetition and accumulation as ways of understanding transformation, memory, and identity. Through labor-intensive processes in metal and graphite, I construct repeated forms that gather into larger structures and installations. These accumulations become records of time, touch, and persistence physical traces of gradual change rather than singular moments of resolution.

I am interested in how repetition can function simultaneously as meditation, compulsion, protection, and repair. The act of making the same form again and again becomes a way of processing emotional and psychological states while also marking duration through the body. Small gestures accumulate into dense surfaces and shifting structures that suggest growth, erosion, fragility, and resilience existing at once.

My practice examines the tension between order and instability. Repeated elements create rhythms and patterns that initially appear delicate or beautiful, but through accumulation begin to feel weighty, excessive, and psychologically charged. I am drawn to this unstable space where attraction and discomfort coexist, where repetition transforms from ornament into evidence of endurance, longing, or survival.

Materiality plays a central role in this investigation. Metal introduces strength, permanence, and structural tension, while graphite carries softness, vulnerability, and impermanence. Together, these materials reflect the contradictory nature of transformation itself: the desire to preserve while simultaneously adapting and changing. Surfaces become porous, layered, and unstable, holding traces of pressure, erosion, and touch.

Ultimately, I see repetition as an act of becoming. Each repeated gesture carries small differences, imperfections, and shifts, reflecting the way identity itself is shaped over time. Through accumulation, the work holds both vulnerability and endurance preserving evidence of transformation while remaining open to continual change.