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For the ones I never held

For the Ones I Never Held (2026) is a sculptural work about loss, memory and remembrance.​

Three handwritten notes addressed topregnancies I lost rest upon a carved woodenhand beneath a transparent acrylic dome. Acentrifugal blower continuously moves the notesaround the enclosed space.​

The notes are physically present, but constantlydisplaced because they could never be held.​

My mother said, “We never forget the ones welost.”​

The work is a gesture of remembrance —acknowledging lives that were never physicallyheld, but remain remembered.​

They could never be held, but they can be remembered.​

Beech Wood Carving, electronics​, paper, acrylic dome, stool. 
 

© 2024 by Tina O'Connell. All rights reserved.

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