Sparrow (Balancing Act)

Set within a raw, frayed textile border, three birds—two rendered as bright, folk-geometric totems and one as a softly modeled, earth-toned presence—form a quiet hierarchy between ornament and lived nature. The crisp triangles, bead-like dots, and saturated reds and blues read like protective charms, while the central bird’s muted chiaroscuro brings breath and vulnerability into the otherwise symbolic register. Suspended from a rod as if on a ritual perch, the composition suggests a domestic shrine where innocence, memory, and craft converge, and where the handmade edge becomes a threshold between playfulness and reverence.