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Linger

speculative decay in an age of plastic.

In Linger, skull sculptures merge bone, hair, jewellery, coffin fragments, and overgrown organic matter with synthetic waste. These hybrid forms envision a future where decomposition is inseparable from pollution—where plastic weaves itself into the fabric of death.

Blurring the boundary between the natural and the manufactured, Linger questions whether our bodies can return to the earth without leaving a trace. Each piece becomes a contemporary memento mori, reflecting not only on mortality, but on the ecological legacy we leave behind.

Linger invites quiet reflection on what endures, what disappears, and what we choose not to see.

Skull Sculpture, electroformed copper, various plated organic materials such as dried leafs and twigs, jewellery elements, resin and marble dust, patina, pigment and acrylic paint
 
Copper electroformed skull sculpture, various plastics, dried plated organic leafs, marble dust, resin, patina, acrylic paint
 
Electroformed copper skull sculpture, various plated organic materials, textile, ribbon, patina, acrylic paint
 
Copper electroformed skull sculpture, various plastics, plated dried leafs, patina

Materials/ Media: Electroformed copper skull sculptures, various plastics, dried organic materials, marble dust, resin, patinas, acrylic paint, metallic pigments, jewellery elements

Linger

In a world saturated with synthetic waste, Linger reflects on the geological imprint humanity is leaving behind. My skull sculptures envision a speculative decay - bones fused with soft tissue, hair, jewellery, coffin fragments and overgrown organic matter. Plastic waste weaves itself in, blurring the boundary between the natural and the manufactured.

The work questions whether, in an age of plastic and pollution, our bodies can ever return to the earth without leaving a trace. As decomposition entwines with synthetic materials, the skulls become contemporary memento mori—reminders not only of mortality, but of our impact on future ecologies.
What we leave behind, materially and metaphorically, will shape the landscape of both life and death. Through these haunting hybrids of human and waste, Linger invites reflection on legacy and decay.

Images by Simon B Armitt