Residual Hook is part of the Drifting Remains sub-collection within Fragmented Harmony, a body of work that reconsiders the material residue of marine culture—its violence, its transformation, and its uninvited aesthetic presence.

At the core of this piece is a large oxidized fishing hook, heavily rusted and corroded by time. It rests atop a tangled remnant of industrial plastic—a knot formed not by hand but by force, pressure, exposure, and decay. The result is a sculptural tension between aggression and exhaustion, industry and entropy.

The sharpest point of the hook is gilded with gold leaf, a minimal intervention that amplifies rather than neutralizes the latent threat. Like a relic adorned in its final state, the piece asks viewers to confront what is truly being preserved: utility, violence, or memory.

While The Black Bait and Still Weighted hover between elegance and entrapment, Residual Hook lands with forceful stillness. It resists metaphor. The hook does not strike, but it does not disappear. The knot does not hold, but it does not collapse. These are objects that were once tools—and are now simply evidence.

Residual Hook offers no illusion of redemption. Instead, it presents the aftermath of usefulness—what remains after the function has expired, and the sea has done its work. The result is both artifact and accusation. The sculpture functions not only as a formal composition, but also as an environmental provocation: a commentary on the legacy of recreational shark hunting and industrial waste. Residual Hook foregrounds how tools of sport and dominance are abandoned to the sea, where they persist—not as relics of human achievement, but as lasting harm embedded in natural systems.

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