Holding Pattern

Holding Pattern is the second object in the collection, and asks what happens to an orientation when deviation is introduced into a sustained structure. Where Flight Paths traces orbits held in motion, this piece focuses on the moment rhythm falters – where interruption renders relation visible, and orientation is felt rather than assumed.

 Constructed from nine sterling silver bands of differing diameters and heights, some bands remain closed while others are sawn open, kinked, and allowed to slip and interlock. These deviations disrupt alignment without collapsing form, creating a structure that holds itself through negotiation rather than continuity. Here, interruption is a physical condition rather than a rupture.

 The piece articulates holding as an active, embodied process: not stasis, but the effort of sustaining relation under pressure. Orientation here is contingent and unstable – a trajectory that hesitates, reorients, and continues, shaped by deviation rather than resolved by it.