A series of 18 ceramic tiles, each 4.25 inches square, with fragmented images of the human body printed onto the glazed surface. The compositions were built through layered photography of skin and cracked earth, shot and composed by me, then prepared for UV printing through a fabrication partner. After printing, I worked back into each tile by hand: scraping into the glaze to reveal the white underbody, bringing the surface closer to the worn, weathered quality of the masonry it would sit against.

The work draws on the brick-and-tile houses of northwestern China where I grew up, where surfaces crack and weather over time, much like skin.

The tiles were sited and installed outdoors across walls of different materials, including red brick, concrete, and stucco, where the tile surface, printed image, and surrounding masonry interact differently across changes in light and weather.