The Language of Carving
Earth as Pigment, Ochre as Ground
Red iron-oxide sourced from river clay beds becomes the sacred surface that receives every carved mark.
Lines That Speak in Spirals
Ancestral faces emerge through continuous incised curves — each spiral a chapter in oral history.
Bilateral Symmetry Binds Two Worlds
Mirror-form compositions place the living and the ancestral on equal, inseparable ground.
Timber Remembers What Hands Forget
Old canoe and house wood carries grain patterns that become integral to the final composition.