The body of research, epigenetics, examines whether genetic phenotypes are altered at conception due to past generational trauma. My sculptural work, ‘Corroded Inheritance’ is a personal attribute, alluding to ideas of decay transmitted via the trauma of the Holocaust. The several forms reiterate a familial representation commenting on the significance of genetics. The rust symbolises weathering, the consequence of exposure to external environments, understood through the lens of dysfunctions of earlier generations. The crocheted wire, intricate and delicate, make reference to the complexity of our genetic makeup. The perspex vitrine, exemplifies the role of the museum in housing historical artefacts.