« Flowers are weak creatures, naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe their thorns are terrible weapons. » — The Little Prince

Can beauty or light emerge from brokenness and anguish? Moments of despair may offer only fleeting glimpses of hope, reflecting the fragility of the human experience.

I designed a large chain of iron thorn-like flowers. Their forms are sharp, rigid, and menacing, with textures that evoke feelings of pain, danger, and discomfort. Yet, at the tips of the thorns, I applied golden pigments, representing light, sparkle, and value—a radiance born from the sharpness of suffering.
The golden accents create a tension between beauty and suffering, as the gilded thorn tips embody resilience, while still can emphasize a balance between anguish and grace.

They suggest an optimistic notion that beauty and hope can sometimes emerge even from the sharpest edges of despair.

Or is it just a “gilded” hope?

This duality of fragility and strength, darkness and radiance, silence and expression, lies at the core of the work.