Tall vertical sculpture of seven stacked circles made of craft sticks. Three hold swirled resin panels in green, white and rust; four are left as black voids.

What Remains · The Fifth Attempt

Crooked Into

Four failed attempts came first. Each one was a necessary step, and each one is in here.

Available $2,200 Inquire

MaterialsCraft sticks, resin

Year2026

FormSeven rings, vertical panel

Dimensions62.5 × 10.5 × 0.5 in

The Piece

Mostly void, on purpose.

This sculpture is the fifth iteration of a single concept. Four failed attempts came before it. Each one was a necessary step, and each one is in here.

It's built from craft sticks and resin. The rings thicken toward the base, carrying the accumulated weight of repeated setback. Most of the piece is void: dark, empty, silent. The void is the heaviest part. It lingers.

Three resin panels trace the emotional and creative progression through failure itself.

What the Sticks Are

Small moments that add up.

The craft sticks stand for the countless small moments: each reaction, each pivot, each tiny decision made in response to disappointment. None of them looks significant alone. Together they become resilience, the stubbornness it takes to try again.

The Ideas That Didn't Work

Five directions I had to leave behind.

Before the rings, there were other ideas. These are the ones that didn't pan out.

Seven stick rings laid out flat on carpet between two long rails, the rings growing thicker toward the bottom — Stage 01

Cluster of tall stacked-stick cylinders, one leaning against the others — Stage 02

Tall cage of whitewashed interlocking stick rings forming a cylinder, standing in a living room — Stage 03

Two columns of stick rings on a wood floor, one stained amber and one pale, laid out along yellow tape guides — Stage 04

A square tower of craft sticks twisting as it rises, with a loose stack of sticks beside it — Stage 05

This is what failure looks like when you refuse to stop.