Created almost entirely from hand-cut fragments of editorial couture over targeted black acrylic, The Tower embodies the sudden collapse of illusion and the chaos that clears a path for truth. Drawing on Rider-Waite-Smith iconography, the composition sets fragile paper stonework against the inevitable forces of rupture and renewal.

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Building the fracturing tower from delicate paper brings physical form to the tension between fragile surfaces and sudden collapse.

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As I constructed the central lightning bolt, a sudden thunderstorm broke outside my studio window; a moment when the canvas and my reality converged into a literal and symbolic fall from grace.

The tumbling figures depict humanity’s reluctant descent into change, while the flames emerging from the crown signify destruction as an act of purification.