2025
Hair, Perspex
Is a deeply personal work composed of locks of hair spanning five generations of the matrilineal line. Preserved within clear housings, each fragment functions as a bodily trace—an intimate material carrying memory, inheritance, and presence.
Referencing traditions of relic veneration, the work honours female lineage as sacred. The piece meditates on ancestry, memory, and the intimate threads that connect us through time. Each strand acts as a tangible remnant of lived experience, a fragment of identity preserved and honoured. By presenting these locks as relics, the work elevates the personal to the universal, acknowledging the silent histories carried through women’s lives. The piece invites reflection on lineage, the passage of time, and how familial bonds transcend the visible and the ephemeral.
The paradox of hair: something physically small, ordinary, and everyday can carry enormous emotional and symbolic weight. All because it’s a part of the human body that is both personal and universal. It’s tangible, yet deeply symbolic.
