These works explore lived experience through copper and wood. Through chasing, a metalworking technique in which an image is formed by repeatedly and precisely hammering the surface, the copper becomes both an image and a record. Though the form is altered through pressure, the material itself remains copper. This mirrors our own lives: we are continuously shaped by experience, yet we remain fundamentally ourselves. The metal carries the marks of what it has endured, echoing how we live with memories and emotional residues that do not always make it to the surface, but are no less integral to who we are. The wood functions as a frame and structural support for the copper. Yet within the composition, the copper appears isolated. Suspended despite its reliance on support. This tension reflects a contradiction within our lived experience: the structures that uphold us can also define our limits.