Butterfly hands

2016 | Etched Copper | 200 x 60 Cm

In the poignant copper etching “Butterfly Hands”, the Artist melds geometric precision and deeply-seated emotion, crafting a narrative that is both personal and accidentally whimsical. The artist asked their mother to pose, imagining holding them as an infant, intending to encapsulate a fragment of their own childhood within the intentional mathematics of triangular etchings.

The result, however, gently defied the meticulousness of the artist’s typical work in a curiously Freudian manner: two left hands cradle the imagined infant. Pointed out only post-creation by the artist's step-son, this incongruence unveils a fascinating, unplanned vulnerability in a work originally rooted in methodical geometric etching.

It offers an intriguing perspective on the intersection of mathematical art and the fluidity of memory and emotion. "Butterfly Hands" stands as a testament that even within the rigid confines of geometry and planning, the subconscious may flutter, revealing unexpected, gentle insights into the personal realms from which art springs forth.