Bloom Touch, Never Reach

This work traces the quiet tension between longing and fear—the desire to be close, and the instinct to pull away.Within a rigid metal frame stretches a delicate sheet of silicone, soft as skin, imprinted with lace patterns that evoke memory, family, and forgotten tenderness. The silicone feels like an overgrowth of skin—formed to protect, yet also to isolate—both shield and barrier. On either side, metal flowers lean in, drawn toward the skin yet never meeting each other—forever caught in the space between. It speaks to the silent distances we carry, and the unseen weight of wanting to touch, but holding back.