This sculpture uses hand-dyed cotton batting, bleach, and structural boning to reference the underpinnings that have historically shaped women’s bodies. Corsetry, stays, and contemporary shapewear operate as invisible architectures—tools that discipline flesh while promising refinement.

The hollowed form suggests a body both present and erased, supported and constrained. Bleached passages read as abrasion or exposure, marking where softness has been corrected. Positioned between clothing and containment, the work considers concealment not as protection but as regulation. It asks how internalized systems of restraint continue to define visibility, respectability, and worth.