Patinated a self-portrait by the artist challenges the notion of initial state and purity as supreme. It questions a fixed view of identity imposed on our sense of self and our bodies; and balances the fear and mourning of change with the celebration and embracing of a patina inevitably gained through living. Through its use of permeable, tearble textiles as the chosen medium to depict the core of the human body it reflects our own fragility, vulnerability, resilience and malleability in contrast to the static unchanging mediums traditionally chosen to represent humanity in sculpture. The dichotomy of it’s materials pointing to the microcosm within in us all of that which is immutable and that which is ever-changing. The lightly-hued figure is designed without a base so that it can be taken along and placed on nightstands, bark benches, and all the edges of daily life so that the patina that grows and colors its surface is the most intimate first-hand commemoration of life lived.