Conflict, a conciliatory gesture, calm. The cabinet’s inlaid silhouettes traverse three states, suggesting a progression while remaining open and avoiding a fixed narrative. The stark white dyed Anegre contrasts with the black Poplar to reduce the figures and gestures to essential forms, allowing the viewer to recognise familiar conditions while bringing their own experiences to the relationships depicted.

“An example of meaning being shaped by the personal, this cabinet demonstrates human interaction as shifting states rather than set conditions. Tension is held and unresolved; symbolic gestures with endless narrative possibilities.”

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