I have struggled to make work for the past 8 months or so I have had bouts of
anxiety stress tension fatigue and a sense of isolation however I have always felt
the presence of an ancestor near which has made me feel that I can get through
anything. This work invokes the presence of my ancestor by using my own body measurements to create this sculpture. The bird is my ancestors’ messenger
underneath her is a light in the shape of a white hibiscus and the headdress is
black coral with a galaxy of starfish moving through it which is a common sight in Tonga in the seas of Tonga.