Second skin, a liminal layer that both conceals and protects, while marking the passage between old and new. Shedding becomes the central metaphor: an act of release and transformation.
At first glance, the material in this work appears to resist recognition. Its surface suggests something organic, fragile, almost corporeal, yet its origin lies in the synthetic and mundane: HDPE plastic grocery bags. Through an intentional process of transformation, the material is stripped of its prior identity.
By reclaiming a material associated with consumer culture and disposability, the work reframes narratives of waste and value, positioning transformation as both a physical and philosophical gesture.
What was once a disposable object now carries the weight of symbolic meaning, inviting questions about permanence and renewal.