Gatgering (Circle of Faces)

This wooden assemblage forms a tight circular parliament of block-like figures, their carved grooves and cavities reading as weathered faces that lean inward as if guarding a shared secret. The warm, sunlit grain turns each mark into a record of time and touch, while the repeated verticals create a quiet rhythm that contrasts with the irregular “feet” splaying outward like roots. Suspended between furniture and totem, the work suggests community as both shelter and enclosure—an intimate ring where individuality survives only through proximity and collective pressure.