A Fragile Continuum emerged from my ongoing exploration of trees as embodied, relational beings and of the ceramic vessel as a metaphor for human and ecological connection. The two forms share a common material and visual language, yet differ in scale and presence, suggesting individuality, continuity and interdependence within a wider living system. Their delicate porcelain and wire extensions reach outward beyond the solidity of the vessel body, evoking growth, communication and vulnerability /

Rather than representing trees literally, the work draws on my felt response to their rootedness, resilience and continual reaching towards light and nourishment. My intention is to create a quiet tension between strength and fragility, and between separateness and connection. Seen together, the vessels suggest that no individual exists in isolation: we are shaped through relationship — with one another, with place and with the wider ecologies to which we belong /