Materials List

  • Antique camera lens

  • Brass gears and watch parts

  • Vintage book pages and poetry text

  • Stained sheet music

  • Painted wood frame

  • Textured paper and fabric

  • Dried plant forms (seed pods)

In Unchallenged, poetic language and mechanical function intersect. The piece features a salvaged gear system flanked by a vintage lens assembly, suggesting observation and interpretation. Behind it all lies the worn text of an old book of verse—specifically, a fragment beginning with the word “Unchallenged”—setting the tone for a quiet yet persistent kind of resilience. Layers of stained sheet music and pressed plant forms complete the narrative, blending time, perception, and emotion into a single framed memory.