The Spiky Mirror

Description

The Spiky Mirror disrupts the passive act of reflection. Its serrated form introduces tension between image and object, where sharpness meets intimacy. What is usually soft and reassuring becomes something more confrontational. Sharp edges for soft egos, a quiet reminder that even reflection can sting. Sculpted from pine and carefully charred, this spiky series explores the balance between function and form. Its serrated silhouette evokes both strength and fragility, transforming a familiar object into a sculptural presence. Each curve carries the trace of fire and hand, revealing a quiet tension between softness and resistance—a poetic, almost romantic dialogue with its own spiked form, where danger and delicacy coexist.

Sourced from family lands in Quebec, the wood is selected and harvested by hand, fostering a direct relationship to material, place, and process. This approach embraces an alternative to industrial production—one rooted in time, care, and responsibility. No two pieces are identical. Variations in grain, tone, and charring emerge naturally from the wood itself, giving each object a distinct character shaped by its origin and making. Part of an ongoing exploration into form, tension, and material transformation, this piece reflects a broader investigation into the language of craft.