A Pattern of Loss

2025, Coffee, hair, honey, and tracing paper, each 14" x 11"

Created over the month of March, A Pattern of Loss extends my ongoing exploration of everyday materials and the subtle rituals they embody. Each morning, I collected hair from my brush and used leftover coffee to stain tracing paper, small, deliberate acts that became a personal calendar marked by routine and symbolism.

While brushing hair is often seen as an act of self-care, for me it also felt like a slow, intimate shedding, a quiet ritual of loss that blurs care and erasure. This tension is central to the work, showing how even the most ordinary actions carry deep emotional complexity.

Building on my earlier use of materials connected to the body and daily habits, this piece probes the physical traces left behind by routine gestures, both comforting and fraught, that map cycles of connection, unease, and detachment. As the process unfolded, the intimacy of working with such personal substances became overwhelming, leading me to step back and adopt a more distanced, reflective perspective.

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