The word “abode” usually raises ideas of a place of residence, a home, a locus of consistency, but a definition that the Merriam Webster Dictionary offers cites “that which is impermanent: a sojourn, a temporary stay, a wait or delay.”

Meanwhile, the definitions of “body” extend well beyond the most familiar of “the main part of a plant or animal” to include that which “embodies or gives concrete reality to a thing.”

With these definitions in mind, A･BOD･E (pronounced either “abode” or “a body”) is a group of abstract sculptures inspired by household objects, vegetation, and the body. Each is made by repeatedly building up and sanding down thin layers of papier-mâché, comprised mainly of toilet paper.

While relatively simple, each piece requires obsessive attention to transform its surface to a ceramic-like finish. With sufficient time and repetition, a nostalgic and familiar medium mutates into something enigmatic and foreign; the finished pieces are reminiscent of well-worn fossils or bizarre artifacts from an ancient civilization.