Engulfed expresses the feeling of fear and dread from all my horrid memories from my abusive mother. This reflects crying silently on my knees as the fear plays back over and over again in my head. The fox, a representation of self, is trying to escape its nightmare but can see the pain preparing to engulf her.

Husk is a piece to demonstrate what I feel sometimes without warning. It’s as if I’m dead; I’m not here and I have little to no feelings in my limbs. I feel so low, I am nothing. It’s so cold and you know you can get warm, but you’re afraid you’ll get burned.

This piece has been made to show you what I wish my medicine did. I take prescriptions to help with my PTSD, so I can get through my day. It doesn’t make me more happy, it just makes me less likely to panic. I have become reliant on it, and missing just one day I feel the madness all over again.

Colder is a representation of the armor I’ve built up over the past couple of years. Every single scale was drawn, cut, bent and then finally attached one by one.