Same in Every Language 5
24 W × 24 H × 7 D cm

I continue to use the sieve as a foundation to explore the filters of human perception. A sieve is traditionally a tool of separation, a domestic object used to decide what is kept and what is discarded. In our social landscape, we often use similar invisible filters—language, geography, and culture—to categorize and separate ourselves from one another.

By painting these interlocking hands on the mesh, I am seeking to disrupt that process of division. The translucency of the medium allows the hands to appear as fleeting, ethereal forms that overlap and merge, suggesting that the core of our humanity is constant and unfilterable. The gesture of a hand reaching out or cradling another is a universal expression of support and connection that bypasses the need for spoken words. For me, this work is about finding the essential truth that remains when all other filters are stripped away: the simple, profound reality of our shared empathy