Transformation is the final step — the trace that remains when something has been fully passed through.
The Fragile Traces carry this visibly: red thread on three layers of casein, the great wound, the trace of the thread after the suture was set. What transforms does not disappear — it changes state and leaves a mark of that.
The abstract works on paper hold fleeting traces: paper as material is sensitive, perishable, needs protection. It carries every intervention. Bronze is the opposite — durable, heavy, passed through many hands and extreme heat. Every stage of work leaves its trace in the material. What has been cast remains.
The bronze hand — blessing or warning, both lie in the same gesture — passes through many stages: drawing, modelling in clay, plaster cast, wax pour, refractory casing, bronze casting, chipping, sandblasting, finishing. Every step leaves its trace. Bronze holds them all.
