Glassblowing and flameworking are fastidious processes – and ones that demand a submission to the material's own strong will. It is from that openness that this installation emerges.

Central to Of Flesh and Ether is the Taino zemi — a carved wooden deity understood to harbour certain practical powers — aligning with a Taino philosophy that regarded devotional objects as immediately useful, for domestic or ceremonial purposes, rather than as iterations of abstract beauty. Glass, wood, horn, feathers, metal, and paper are treated not as inert materials but as active sources of wisdom, each one an implement, alive to its purpose.