This work examines endurance as a lived structural condition. Cast bronze forms carry evidence of pressure through erosion, protective protrusions, and shifting internal voids. Rather than resolving instability, the sculptures explore how form adapts, continues, and remains functional within it. The work reflects a body negotiating tension without spectacle, where persistence is understood not as repair, but as ongoing structural adaptation.

Conditions of Persistence II 

Compression Breach isolates a condition within a larger system of persistence. The structure is under sustained load, holding until it can’t fully compensate. The breach is not collapse, but a reorganization point—where pressure forces a shift in how the system continues. Cast iron fixes that moment in place.

Compression Breach

Flare isolates a moment of outward pressure—where internal stress breaches the surface. A central vertebra-like form is interrupted by a cluster of spike-like protrusions that extend unevenly, suggesting both rupture and reactive growth. The contrast between polished and darkened surfaces emphasizes the shift between contained structure and exposed response. Rather than depicting pain, the work examines how force redistributes through the body when stability begins to fail.

Flare

Overtaken isolates a condition in which support becomes intrusion. As pressure accumulates, structural elements expand beyond containment, overtaking the system from within. The work remains functional, but only through constant recalibration—endurance as continued operation within strain.

Overtaken

Edge of Endurance explores the body as a structure under strain. Cast bronze vertebrae are suspended in tension, suggesting a system that continues to function despite instability and pressure.

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