Contained

Contained, 2026

Hand and machine embroidery, appliqué, hair, fabric

35.6×28cm

A female figure is enclosed within a stitched cage that both defines and restricts her space. The thread acts as a boundary, fragile yet insistent.

This work reflects on the invisible structures that shape and confine the body, like expectations, norms, internalised control.

The cage is not imposed through force, but constructed through repetition, suggesting how limitation can be slowly built and maintained. The body remains present within it, aware, contained and still.