24/04/2026
For this plate study entitled Shoes/Bag Place Ideation, the piece began as something ordinary—a bag (a pet carrier), an object meant to hold and transport. But in its transformation, it became something far more intimate: a body. The pet carrier takes on the weight of a mother’s womb, enclosed yet alive, a space not just of containment but of becoming. Its structure suggests both protection and confinement, echoing the paradox of motherhood itself—nurturing, yet marked by sacrifice.
At the front, a stitched wound interrupts the surface. It is deliberate, surgical. The lacing mimics the closure of a Caesarean incision, turning the act of opening into an act of revelation. When unlaced, the object does not simply open—it gives birth. Inside, a softly lit figure emerges, connected by an umbilical cord, a fragile tether between dependence and separation.
The use of a bag form grounds the piece in the everyday, invoking the labor and mobility often associated with women’s bodies—carrying, enduring, moving. Yet here, the act of carrying is internalized and made visceral.
In this work, birth is not hidden—it is exposed, constructed, and reimagined. The viewer is invited to confront the layered realities of motherhood: the body as a container, the body as a site of incision, and ultimately, the body as origin.