IMPRINT

resin
Edition of seven

45 x 33 x 8 cm

2026

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'Imprint' brings together two species, the bee and the turtle, whose seemingly different lives are deeply connected to human survival and to the consequences of human activity.

The hybridisation of the two species collapses their individual identities into a single body, suggesting an interdependence that is often overlooked. Bees are essential to the pollination of plants and therefore to agricultural systems on which human lives depend. Turtles, meanwhile, are increasingly affected by rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification and the degradation of marine ecosystems. Their vulnerability mirrors human survival. Thereby, the sculpture considers these animals not simply as subjects requiring protection, but as indicators of the conditions upon which human life depends.

The elongated form introduces an implicit sense of threat and violence, in extending the body into a shape reminiscent of a missile or bullet. Its black surface refers to petroleum, which research and economic systems have contributed to the vulnerability of countless species, particularly through fossil fuel consumption, pollution and climate change.

The bee and the turtle become representatives of ecosystems, wherein the disappearance of one species has consequences far beyond it. Their bodies carry an imprint of human intervention and environmental damage.

Reduced to a limited vocabulary of form and colour, the work avoids illustrating ecological catastrophe directly, the tension between the animal forms and the weapon-like extension of the body creates a sense of impending consequence, becoming both a symbol of violence and a metaphor for the ways in which power is currently applied.

The damage inscribed onto other species may ultimately become an imprint upon ourselves.
Editions are limited to thirteen.