“84 And Counting.” -2018

Small pieces of sterling silver — cut, jagged, intentionally raw at the edges — are inlaid into bone. Each one marks a city. Each one marks a life. Unarmed Black men and boys, killed by those sworn to protect them.

The silver is not smoothed or polished into comfort. It was left that way on purpose. Because this is not a comfortable thing to hold, to see, or to reckon with. The bone does not let you look away. It carries what we have refused to carry as a society — grief made permanent, pressed into the most enduring material the body makes.

The count was 84 when this work was made. It has not stopped.

Bone, sterling silver inlay, $2,000 (Sold)