I made this piece to cope with loss. It's a distillation of grief and an examination of the generative interplay between bleeding and blooming.
I wanted to animate sorrow in complete balance with growth. By capturing the tenacity of a leaky body, I've intended to rethink taboos reserved for bodies that seep their bounds.
The Bird is knotted, coiled, wrapped, and stitched around a powder coated steel armature. The Bloodle is knotted, then embroidered onto a perforated steel support, then stitched securely onto a custom-fabricated metal pedestal. The bird and bloodle are detached; and the base of the stand has been discretely stamped with my initials (JLH) and date of completion (2024).
