Desire to Waste / Desire No Waste

When starting this project, I had been thinking a lot about desire and the value of waste. I have desired so much from life, community, happiness, connection. But I didn’t know the right place to look at it, so I spent years looking in the wrong places for it, going out every night, getting fucked and looking for my people, wasting myself. I think sometimes the more you waste yourself, the more you want to be wasted, to go on autopilot. I didn’t realise that this isn’t how I find the community I crave. So much of my energy spent wanting a better life was wasted. I think this piece was me mourning that. I’m slowly letting go of the need to search desperately for others, and I’m starting to look for community and happiness in myself. It feels like things are constantly dying and growing inside of me, and I don’t want to waste a moment of it.

This piece was melted and burnt far past melting point to achieve the iridescent effect, it was then and cast into hand carved designs.

was debuted at Spellbound Mcr Exhibition (February 2024).