The paradoxical beauty and resilience found in harsh environments.

The paradoxical beauty and resilience found in harsh environments.
Structure shaped by pressure and time.
Petals of stone unfurl where little may grow.
Layer upon layer, weathered yet intact — delicate in form, unbreakable in essence.
Beauty carved by erosion.

A desert rose.

Rootless, untethered, yet grounded in defiance.
A nomadic rebel shaped by survival, by the push and pull of shifting landscapes.
The past woven into the present — fractured tartan, intricate chiffon swirls.
Raw and ornate. Tradition and subversion.
Textiles reshaped, hardened, softened, worn.

A silhouette shifting with quiet defiance.
Layered, adaptive, unrestricted.
Tent-like forms in earthy tones.

Details of narrative — crochet jute daisies, wooden beaded vests.
Antique gold and silver studs, ornate and weathered.
Weighty with defiance.

Marks of craft, of history.
Shaped by what is left behind, drawn toward what lies ahead.
Neither beginning nor end.