Ephemeral sculpture made from discarded animal fat and beeswax / Digital Photography

human scale / 2025

Using molds of my own body, I created fragmented female forms cast from animal fat discarded by butcher shops and mixed with beeswax. The material is unstable and perishable -once part of a body, processed through a chain of consumption, and ultimately discarded.

Through a process that felt almost ritualistic, the fat was melted, transformed, and cast into fragments: legs, arms, parts of the torso, buttocks, and a vulva.

The heavy sculptural bodies were then carried into a wooded vacant lot and left there. Cameras recorded the site for weeks to observe whether animals would consume them. They did not.

Placed within the landscape, these fragments appear as traces -suggesting a scene where violence might have occurred. The landscape becomes a silent witness to a violence that continues to repeat itself.

In Brazil, four women are murdered every day.