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Unchallenged
10" x 10" x 1.5"
On display and available for purchase at Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton St., Portland, ME
Unchallenged offers a layered contemplation of time’s passage, pairing the delicacy of handwritten poetry with the mechanical grit of aged gears. A vintage lens invites us to reconsider what we think we see, while the decayed beauty of the materials calls attention to what endures. This found object assemblage bridges precision and sentiment, machinery and verse—a quiet rebellion against being forgotten.
10" x 10" x 1.5"
On display and available for purchase at Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton St., Portland, ME
Unchallenged offers a layered contemplation of time’s passage, pairing the delicacy of handwritten poetry with the mechanical grit of aged gears. A vintage lens invites us to reconsider what we think we see, while the decayed beauty of the materials calls attention to what endures. This found object assemblage bridges precision and sentiment, machinery and verse—a quiet rebellion against being forgotten.
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.