Will your deepest comfort drag you under?
A light blue baby pacifier is modified with a heavy lead fishing sinker instead of a silicone nipple, resting atop a clean gallery plinth.
What you see
A pale blue baby pacifier rests alone on a stark white pedestal in an airy, minimalist gallery. In place of the usual soft silicone teat, a heavy, pitted lead fishing sinker projects outward from the plastic shield and ring handle.
The pacifier represents solace and primal security, designed to calm distress through gentle, harmless suction. Conversely, the dense lead sinker is engineered strictly to plunge downward and stay trapped beneath dark water. When combined into a single sculpture, the nurturing object becomes dangerously heavy.
This stark juxtaposition explores how habits formed for comfort can turn into burdens. What begins as a familiar refuge can slowly drag someone beneath the surface under the weight of quiet dependence.
