2023, felt, 28"x8"x4"

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Domestic Mimicry nests contradiction within its seams—an organism of felt that mimics the anatomy of both home and host. Its soft architecture recalls rib and root, claw and cradle, a body evolving under the weight of intimate ecosystems. Hand-sewn to simulate structure, the work defies the expectation of collapse, instead suggesting a held breath or a poised transformation. It speaks in the language of adaptation: how tenderness becomes armor, how the domestic learns to survive itself. Here, mimicry is not disguise but devotion—a learned behavior in response to exposure.