This series started with the creation of a vanity box followed by the exploration of making charcoal. The process involves placing wood pieces into a ceramic vessel, and packing the gaps with sawdust. This is done to restrict the flow of oxygen so that the wood cannot be burnt completely. The volatile compounds are driven off by heat, leaving behind mostly carbon; or what we would normally call charcoal. 

A stabilising solution was applied to the charcoal fragments to preserve their fragile surfaces. The next stage was their encounter with new material, this is the beginning of their rebirth. Because the shapes were so organic and the original joinery has been deformed, each fragment demanded careful negotiation. I had to questioned the types of joinery used, scrutinising each piece of charcoal alongside its new counterpart, searching for ways they might merge in harmony. 

The process resulted in 24 new objects. Some focused on material experimentation, some developed into sculptural works, and others became fully functional pieces. Together, these works stands as evidence of a cycle of loss and renewal, death and rebirth, where craft becomes a language for memory and transformation.