This piece reflects a moment of anticipation and community during my time teaching a workshop in the iron studio at Penland. As Hurricane Helene approached, we were asked to evacuate the campus. The following days were spent in Asheville, riding out the storm alongside the local community.

The hand-built and riveted copper house appears to be filled with water, its walls bulging and warping from the pressure of being overfilled. It sits on a kiln-formed glass base depicting a hilly landscape that could evoke either a sunrise or a sunset. The precariousness of the house suggests it might float away at any moment, embodying the tension between stability and the forces that threaten to uproot it.