THE TALL & THE SHORT OF IT

The Tall and the Short of It reflects on the act of looking back and making sense of lived experience. The two vessels, one tall and one short, sit together as equals. Their difference in scale suggests that experience is not measured by size or length of time, but by what is carried, repaired, and remembered.

The blue and white surfaces are marked with abstract patterns that recall fragments of memory. These markings are not fixed stories, but impressions—partial, layered, and sometimes unfinished—much like recollection itself.

A finch sits on the rim of each vessel, stitching the surface with dark blue leather cord. The stitching is an act of care rather than decoration. It speaks to retrospection as something active: acknowledging breaks, interruptions, and vulnerability, and holding them together rather than hiding them. The past is not restored, but gently carried forward.

As open containers, the vessels remain receptive. They suggest that retrospection is ongoing – a continuous process of returning to memory and material. Together, the works propose that meaning is found not in resolution, but in attentiveness: the careful gathering and holding of what has shaped us.

Tall: W35 x H39 x D11cm

Short: