Beneath the Surface
This piece was created in a moment of relative quiet. On the surface, there is a sense of breath, of stabilization, of movement that has softened. Yet beneath the surface, the layers are not smooth. Folds, currents, and grooves continue to exist — like memory that does not disappear even when the body learns to stand again. The relief is built from accumulated layers of papier-mâché, collected, folded, and compressed one upon another, creating a space where outward calm coexists with inner tension. It is a space where breathing is possible — yet the scars remain. Textures and colors hold the tension between what appears on the surface and what stays deeply imprinted within.
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Internal Frontline” was born from an emotional journey shaped by two wars that shook my life and turned my world turbulent and complex. Out of the fracture, fear, and confusion, I learned to grow wings — to transform inner storms into form, chaos into beauty, and vulnerability into strength. In my work, I gather damaged, abandoned, and fragmented materials — papier-mâché, acrylic remnants, and recycled elements — and shape them into something new, steady, and breathing. Each piece is a small victory: a moment in which I managed to take what threatened to break me and turn it into something that heals me. Through reviving materials that were once considered “dead,” I rediscover how to revive parts of myself as well.
Internal Frontline” was born from an emotional journey shaped by two wars that shook my life and turned my world turbulent and complex. Out of the fracture, fear, and confusion, I learned to grow wings — to transform inner storms into form, chaos into beauty, and vulnerability into strength. In my work, I gather damaged, abandoned, and fragmented materials — papier-mâché, acrylic remnants, and recycled elements — and shape them into something new, steady, and breathing. Each piece is a small victory: a moment in which I managed to take what threatened to break me and turn it into something that heals me. Through reviving materials that were once considered “dead,” I rediscover how to revive parts of myself as well.
