Absence of Sound

“An Absence of Sound” began with an obsession with the Haviland tableware pattern, ‘Elizabeth’, first designed in 1759 for the Empress of Russia and revived in 1950 by the MET for an exclusive run. ‘Elizabeth’ owns a unique design in the world of tableware, reveling in sacred geometry, specifically the torus that symbolizes the interconnectedness of all things and the cyclical nature of existence. Here I set a table with my soft remake of ‘Elizabeth’ while contemplating the power of objects in our lives, the coldness of capitalism, and the healing power of making.