Veils of Soil is composed of both natural and found materials, grounded in a tactile exploration of weight, transformation, and emotional atmosphere. I began by soaking salvaged cheesecloth, left over from earlier projects, in a mixture of turmeric and mud. Once the fabric had partially dried, I gently sprinkled dirt across its surface, allowing the earth to settle into the folds and textures of the cloth.

This process became a way to externalize the emotional fluctuations I experienced while feeling confined indoors. What was once ordinary, like stepping outside, had begun to feel overwhelming and unsafe. The discomfort I associated with certain environments, particularly open or public spaces, became embedded in the materials and in the physical tensions of the work itself.

I was drawn to how the weight of the soil affected the form when suspended. Gravity pulled on the fabric, causing it to sag, stretch, and shift. These transformations mirrored a sense of internal instability: the feeling of being altered, weighed down, and unsettled by forces beyond my control.

By layering dirt onto such a fragile, absorbent surface, I aimed to explore the balance between delicacy and density, vulnerability and resistance. Veils of Soil becomes a quiet record of internal tension, of learning to sit with discomfort, and of the emotional residue left by the spaces we move through and inhabit.