The Lag runestone sculpture, painted in oils, features panels with Viking women in woven clothing and flax fields, the early trade producers unknowingly seeding overproduction. As the first phase of the lag-boom-bust cycle, it represents the system beginnings. Constructed with ephemeral materials including linen, silk, paper, wood, and rotted wood, it connects these industrial narratives to the land and the artist's personal history, serving as the modern runes commenting on capitalism's environmental and human costs.